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... court to impose and levy assessments , rates and taxes upon the estates of deceased persons , or upon bequests , devises or inheritances , which said rates and taxes may be graded or proportioned in such way or manner as said general court ...
... court to impose and levy assessments , rates and taxes upon the estates of deceased persons , or upon bequests , devises or inheritances , which said rates and taxes may be graded or proportioned in such way or manner as said general court ...
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... court in ses- sion next before these amendments shall take effect shall equitably apportion representation in such ... court shall authorize such town , place , or ward to elect and send to the general court a representative such pro ...
... court in ses- sion next before these amendments shall take effect shall equitably apportion representation in such ... court shall authorize such town , place , or ward to elect and send to the general court a representative such pro ...
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New Hampshire. Constitutional Convention. the superior court , and shall hold office for a term of five years . They shall be subject to removal at any time by the judges of the superior court on the ground of physical or mental ...
New Hampshire. Constitutional Convention. the superior court , and shall hold office for a term of five years . They shall be subject to removal at any time by the judges of the superior court on the ground of physical or mental ...
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... court are further empowered to give to police courts original jurisdiction to try and determine , sub- ject to right of appeal and trial by jury , all criminal causes wherein the punishment is less than imprisonment in the state prison ...
... court are further empowered to give to police courts original jurisdiction to try and determine , sub- ject to right of appeal and trial by jury , all criminal causes wherein the punishment is less than imprisonment in the state prison ...
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... court on the ground of physical or mental disability , or for cause shown , after due notice and hearing . Vacancies ... court . The judges of the superior court shall have power to make all necessary rules for carrying into effect the ...
... court on the ground of physical or mental disability , or for cause shown , after due notice and hearing . Vacancies ... court . The judges of the superior court shall have power to make all necessary rules for carrying into effect the ...
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Page 222 - ... then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Page 59 - The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked : his wrath towards you burns like fire ; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else, but to be cast into the fire...
Page 516 - Rights of property, like all other social and conventional rights, are subject to such reasonable limitations in their enjoyment, as shall prevent them from being injurious, and to such reasonable restraints and regulations established by law, as the legislature, under the governing and controlling power vested in them by the constitution, may think necessary and expedient.
Page 772 - Court from time to time to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without, so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this Constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this Commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof and of the subjects of the same...
Page 210 - No public officer, or person elected or appointed to a public office, under the laws of this state, shall directly or indirectly ask, demand, accept, receive or consent to receive for his own use or benefit, or for the use or benefit of another...
Page 765 - ... whenever the ends of government are perverted, and public liberty manifestly endangered, and all other means of redress are ineffectual, the people may, and of right ought to, reform the old or establish a new government. . The doctrine of non-resistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd, slavish, and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind.
Page 770 - In the government of this state, the three essential powers thereof — to wit, the legislative, executive, and judicial — ought to be kept as separate from, and independent of each other as the nature of a free government will admit or as is consistent with that chain of connection that binds the whole fabric of the constitution in one indissoluble bond of union and amity.
Page 300 - The convention shall determine the rules of its own proceedings, choose its own officers, and be the judge of the election, returns and qualifications of its members.
Page 216 - 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 548 - 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.