Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1866 - Session laws |
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... eight hundred and thirty - seven , according to the foregoing principles , the num- ber of representatives which each city , town and representative district is entitled to elect , and the number of years , within the period of ten ...
... eight hundred and thirty - seven , according to the foregoing principles , the num- ber of representatives which each city , town and representative district is entitled to elect , and the number of years , within the period of ten ...
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... eight hundred and sixty - four , entitled " An Act concerning the Amherst , Belchertown and Palmer Railroad Company , " for the construction of the New London Northern Railroad , is hereby extended one year . SECTION 2. In order to ...
... eight hundred and sixty - four , entitled " An Act concerning the Amherst , Belchertown and Palmer Railroad Company , " for the construction of the New London Northern Railroad , is hereby extended one year . SECTION 2. In order to ...
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... eighteen hundred and seventy - one ; and said corporation shall have all the powers and privileges , and be subject to all the restrictions and lia- bilities set forth in all general laws which now are or here- after may be in force ...
... eighteen hundred and seventy - one ; and said corporation shall have all the powers and privileges , and be subject to all the restrictions and lia- bilities set forth in all general laws which now are or here- after may be in force ...
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... hundred dollars . For fees of witnesses summoned before committees , a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars . EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT . For the mileage and compensation of the lieutenant- governor and council , a sum not exceeding ten ...
... hundred dollars . For fees of witnesses summoned before committees , a sum not exceeding eight hundred dollars . EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT . For the mileage and compensation of the lieutenant- governor and council , a sum not exceeding ten ...
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... eighteen Deputy tax com- hundred dollars . missioner . Acts 1865 , 283 . For such clerical assistance as the commissioner may find Clerical assist- necessary , a not exceeding seventy - seven hundred Acts 1865 , 283 . dollars ...
... eighteen Deputy tax com- hundred dollars . missioner . Acts 1865 , 283 . For such clerical assistance as the commissioner may find Clerical assist- necessary , a not exceeding seventy - seven hundred Acts 1865 , 283 . dollars ...
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Page 9 - In the government of this Commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them: the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 3 - is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen, and each citizen with the whole people, that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 35 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Page 3 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic; to protect it; and to furnish the individuals who compose it, with the power of enjoying, in safety and tranquillity, their natural rights and the blessings of life...
Page 4 - 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 4 - Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of Got), and for the support and maintenance...
Page 39 - Commonwealth, who shall not be able to read the Constitution in the English language and write his name ; Provided, however, That the provisions of this amendment shall not apply to any person prevented by a physical disability from complying with its requisitions, nor to any person who now has the right to vote, nor to any person who shall be sixty years of age or upwards at the time this amendment shall take effect.
Page 5 - No man, nor corporation, or association of men, have any other title to obtain advantages, or particular and exclusive privileges, distinct from those of the community, than what arises from the consideration of services rendered to the public...
Page 6 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 25 - Whereas our wise and pious ancestors, so early as the year one thousand six hundred and thirty-six, laid the foundation of Harvard College, in which university many persons of great eminence have, by the blessing of GOD, been initiated in those arts and sciences which qualified them for public employments, both in church and state: and whereas the encouragement of arts and sciences, and all good literature, tends to the honor of (Ion.