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... favor- ing one denomination more than any other , or leaving the legislature any authority whatever to favor one society rather than another . I am ready to answer any question . Mr. Aldrich of Littleton - Will the gentleman permit me ...
... favor- ing one denomination more than any other , or leaving the legislature any authority whatever to favor one society rather than another . I am ready to answer any question . Mr. Aldrich of Littleton - Will the gentleman permit me ...
Page 127
... favor of retaining this provision . The cities must concede that in settling on any population basis , when the Constitution was last amended , there was a concession to them by the small towns , because there is a larger number of ...
... favor of retaining this provision . The cities must concede that in settling on any population basis , when the Constitution was last amended , there was a concession to them by the small towns , because there is a larger number of ...
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... favor an amendment to the Consti- tution based upon population or the number of voters , so we could consider , second , what we would fix as to the size of the house , and , third , whether we would favor the district . system of ...
... favor an amendment to the Consti- tution based upon population or the number of voters , so we could consider , second , what we would fix as to the size of the house , and , third , whether we would favor the district . system of ...
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... favor of it is , that the district lines , having been established , become stable , and that all parts of the state are represented all of the time . Now , if there is a vital defect in the town system , it seems to me that it resides ...
... favor of it is , that the district lines , having been established , become stable , and that all parts of the state are represented all of the time . Now , if there is a vital defect in the town system , it seems to me that it resides ...
Page 136
... favor of small legislatures ; I am not in favor of legis- latures so small as those which have been adopted in the Western states , as the gentleman from Littleton has shown you . I remember the enlargement of the present hall of ...
... favor of small legislatures ; I am not in favor of legis- latures so small as those which have been adopted in the Western states , as the gentleman from Littleton has shown you . I remember the enlargement of the present hall of ...
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adjourn adopted Aldrich Baker of Bow basis of 600 believe BELKNAP COUNTY Bill of Rights CARROLL COUNTY chair Chandler of Concord-I Christian committee considered Coos COUNTY corporations country towns COUNTY declared district system division vote elected equality exemption favor following resolution free passes gentleman from Bow gentleman from Concord governor GRAFTON COUNTY Hampshire Hillsborough HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY house of representatives inhabitants Laconia large towns Legislative Department legislature Littleton Lyford Manchester matter ment MERRIMACK COUNTY motion Nashua number of representatives offered the following population present President principle proposed amendment proposition Ques question railroad ratified reduce the house referred repre representation Resolved ROCKINGHAM COUNTY seems senate session small towns Somersworth special order STRAFFORD COUNTY submitted suffrage SULLIVAN COUNTY thing tion to-day town system towns and wards towns pro-rated trusts vention vote voters Whole women word Yes No Yes
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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.