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... hundred and twenty years , a longer time than the organic law of any other American commonwealth except Massachusetts . The popular vote by which this enduring constitution was ratified , taken in different towns on different days ...
... hundred and twenty years , a longer time than the organic law of any other American commonwealth except Massachusetts . The popular vote by which this enduring constitution was ratified , taken in different towns on different days ...
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... hundred dollars and title of real estate is not con- xlviii , 57. li , cerned ] , the parties have a right to a trial by jury ; and method of procedure shall be held sacred , unless , in arising on the high seas and such as relates to ...
... hundred dollars and title of real estate is not con- xlviii , 57. li , cerned ] , the parties have a right to a trial by jury ; and method of procedure shall be held sacred , unless , in arising on the high seas and such as relates to ...
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... hundred inhabitants by the last general census of the state , taken by authority of the United States or of this state , may elect one representative ; if eighteen hundred such inhabitants , may elect two representatives ; and so ...
... hundred inhabitants by the last general census of the state , taken by authority of the United States or of this state , may elect one representative ; if eighteen hundred such inhabitants , may elect two representatives ; and so ...
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... hundred such inhabitants the mean in- creasing number for any additional representative : provided , that no town shall be divided or the boundaries of the wards of any city so altered as to increase the number of representatives to ...
... hundred such inhabitants the mean in- creasing number for any additional representative : provided , that no town shall be divided or the boundaries of the wards of any city so altered as to increase the number of representatives to ...
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... hundred and fifty dollars , and all other members thereof seasonably attending and not departing without license , the sum of two hundred dollars , exclusive of mileage : provided , however , that when a special session shall be called ...
... hundred and fifty dollars , and all other members thereof seasonably attending and not departing without license , the sum of two hundred dollars , exclusive of mileage : provided , however , that when a special session shall be called ...
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Page 182 - IT is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Page 14 - ... to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of GOD, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 13 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 194 - Provided notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting with them for their support and maintenance.
Page 195 - Knowledge and learning, generally diffused through a community, being essential to the preservation of a free government ; and spreading the opportunities and advantages of education through the various parts of the country being highly conducive to promote this end ; it shall be the duty of the legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this government, to cherish the interest of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries and public schools...
Page 13 - As morality and piety, rightly grounded on evangelical principles, will give the best and greatest security to government, and will lay in the hearts of men the strongest obligations to due subjection ; and as the knowledge of these is most likely to be propagated through a society by the institution of the public worship of the DEITY, and of public instruction in morality and religion...
Page 195 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns...
Page 17 - ... warrant to a civil officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the persons or objects of search, arrest, or seizure: And no warrant ought to be issued but in...
Page 124 - April annually, give in their votes for a governor to the selectmen, who shall preside at such meetings; and the town clerk in the presence and with the assistance of the selectmen shall in open town meeting sort and count the votes and form a list of the persons voted for with the number of votes for each person against his name; and shall make a fair record of the same...
Page 27 - April], at such place in the plantations, respectively, as the assessors thereof shall direct; which assessors shall have like authority for notifying the electors, collecting and returning the votes, as the selectmen and town clerks have in their several towns, by this constitution.