The General Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Enacted December 28, 1859, to Take Effect June 1, 1860 : with the Constitutions of the State and the United States, a Glossary, List of Acts Previously Repealed, and Index |
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... Secretary , & c . , by whom and how chosen . Treasurer , ineligible for more than five succes- sive years . 2. Secretary to keep records , to attend the gov- ernor and council , & c . ARTICLE CHAPTER III . 1. Tenure of all commissioned ...
... Secretary , & c . , by whom and how chosen . Treasurer , ineligible for more than five succes- sive years . 2. Secretary to keep records , to attend the gov- ernor and council , & c . ARTICLE CHAPTER III . 1. Tenure of all commissioned ...
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... secretary's office seventeen days at least before the said last Wednesday in May : and the sheriff of each county shall deliver all such certificates by him received , into the secretary's office , seventeen days before the said last ...
... secretary's office seventeen days at least before the said last Wednesday in May : and the sheriff of each county shall deliver all such certificates by him received , into the secretary's office , seventeen days before the said last ...
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... secretary of the commonwealth , seventeen days at least before the said day ; and the secretary shall lay the same before the senate and the house of representatives , on the last Wednesday in May , to be by them examined ; and in case ...
... secretary of the commonwealth , seventeen days at least before the said day ; and the secretary shall lay the same before the senate and the house of representatives , on the last Wednesday in May , to be by them examined ; and in case ...
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... Secretary , & c . , by whom and how chosen . See amendments , Art . IV . and XVII . SECTION IV . Secretary , Treasurer , Commissary & c . I. [ The secretary , treasurer and receiver - general , and the commis- sary - general , notaries ...
... Secretary , & c . , by whom and how chosen . See amendments , Art . IV . and XVII . SECTION IV . Secretary , Treasurer , Commissary & c . I. [ The secretary , treasurer and receiver - general , and the commis- sary - general , notaries ...
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... secretary or his deputy , and have the great seal of the commonwealth affixed thereto . V. All writs issuing out of the clerk's office in any of the courts of law , shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ; they shall ...
... secretary or his deputy , and have the great seal of the commonwealth affixed thereto . V. All writs issuing out of the clerk's office in any of the courts of law , shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ; they shall ...
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Popular passages
Page 10 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 16 - 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 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 6 - ... States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice. In every Case, after the Choice of the President, the Person having the greatest Number of Votes of the Electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President.
Page 30 - ... 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 31 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 18 - The freedom of deliberation, speech, and debate, in either house of the legislature, is so essential to the rights of the people, that it cannot be the foundation of any accusation or prosecution, action or complaint, in any other court or place whatsoever.
Page 29 - ... the encouragement of arts and sciences, and all good literature, tends to the honor of GOD, the advantage of the Christian religion, and the great benefit of this, and the other United States of America...
Page 19 - It is therefore not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights of the people, and of every citizen, that the judges of the supreme judicial court should hold their offices as long as they behave themselves well ; and that they should have honorable salaries ascertained and established by standing laws.
Page 32 - ALL writs issuing out of the clerk's office in any of the courts of law, shall be in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : They shall be under the seal of the court from whence they issue: They shall bear test of the first Justice of the court to which they shall be returnable, who is not a party, and be signed by the clerk of such court.
Page 30 - AB do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify and declare, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is, and of right ought to be, a free, sovereign and independent State; and I do swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the said Commonwealth, and that I will defend the same against traitorous conspiracies and all hostile attempts whatsoever: And...