The General Statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 1 |
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... unless , & c.- No titular nobility.- Officers not to receive presents , unless , & c . 10. States prohibited from the exercise of cer- tain powers . SECTION ARTICLE II . 1. President and vice president , their term of office.- Electors ...
... unless , & c.- No titular nobility.- Officers not to receive presents , unless , & c . 10. States prohibited from the exercise of cer- tain powers . SECTION ARTICLE II . 1. President and vice president , their term of office.- Electors ...
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... unless they be equally divided . The senate shall choose their other officers , and also a president pro President pro tempore , in the absence of the vice president , or when he shall exercise tem . and other the office of president of ...
... unless they be equally divided . The senate shall choose their other officers , and also a president pro President pro tempore , in the absence of the vice president , or when he shall exercise tem . and other the office of president of ...
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... unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it . Bills of attain- No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed . der , & c . 3 Dall . 386 . No capitation , or other direct , tax , shall be ...
... unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it . Bills of attain- No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed . der , & c . 3 Dall . 386 . No capitation , or other direct , tax , shall be ...
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... unless at the time of his election , he shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for seven years next preced- ing ; and unless he shall at the same time , be seised in his own right , of a freehold , within the commonwealth of ...
... unless at the time of his election , he shall have been an inhabitant of this commonwealth for seven years next preced- ing ; and unless he shall at the same time , be seised in his own right , of a freehold , within the commonwealth of ...
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... unless masculine gen- . Second . Words importing the singular number may extend and be Singular and applied to several persons or things ; words importing the plural number plural number , may include the singular , and words importing ...
... unless masculine gen- . Second . Words importing the singular number may extend and be Singular and applied to several persons or things ; words importing the plural number plural number , may include the singular , and words importing ...
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Page 41 - ... 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 26 - 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 26 - 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 22 - 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 25 - 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 27 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 25 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals : it 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. It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of them • that every man may, at all times, find...
Page 40 - 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.
Page 18 - ... 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 28 - A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the Constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry, and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government.