The Referendum in America: Together with Some Chapters on the Initiative and the RecallC. Scribner, 1911 - 533 Seiten |
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... authority , and that at remoter times the Greeks , the Macedonians and the ancient Franks held councils of the people . He seems not to have known of the survival of the folk - mote in some of the Swiss cantons , where the Landsgemeinde ...
... authority , and that at remoter times the Greeks , the Macedonians and the ancient Franks held councils of the people . He seems not to have known of the survival of the folk - mote in some of the Swiss cantons , where the Landsgemeinde ...
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... authority ; -the Assembly and the County Committees " , organized by the citizens in 1774 , to arrange for appointing delegates to Congress , and to con- fer with the Assembly rather gratuitously in respect of questions of common ...
... authority ; -the Assembly and the County Committees " , organized by the citizens in 1774 , to arrange for appointing delegates to Congress , and to con- fer with the Assembly rather gratuitously in respect of questions of common ...
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... authority of the people only " . * 66 The " associators " , or the militiamen , who , in many cases , had been denied the suffrage heretofore , greatly to their dis- satisfaction , were now all enfranchised ipso facto by reason of their ...
... authority of the people only " . * 66 The " associators " , or the militiamen , who , in many cases , had been denied the suffrage heretofore , greatly to their dis- satisfaction , were now all enfranchised ipso facto by reason of their ...
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... Pennsylvania Gazette , Sept. 18 , 1776.- " The proposed plan or frame of government for the Commonwealth or State of Pennsylvania " , sec . 18 . deprived of a very considerable part of its authority over 20 THE REFERENDUM IN AMERICA.
... Pennsylvania Gazette , Sept. 18 , 1776.- " The proposed plan or frame of government for the Commonwealth or State of Pennsylvania " , sec . 18 . deprived of a very considerable part of its authority over 20 THE REFERENDUM IN AMERICA.
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... authority over the executive department of the government , though it was still charged with the task of meeting annually with the members of the Council , and of electing by joint ballot from the latter body , the presiding executive ...
... authority over the executive department of the government , though it was still charged with the task of meeting annually with the members of the Council , and of electing by joint ballot from the latter body , the presiding executive ...
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Adams adopted American approved Assembly authority ballot bill body California called cent chap charter citizens Code Code of Iowa Colorado Consti constitutional amendment convention corporations Council county seat court declared delegates districts enacted established favor framed Franklin freeholders Governor Home Rule Ibid Illinois initiative instance interest Iowa John Adams Kansas Kentucky lature law-making legal voters legis legislative legislature majority Massachusetts mayor measure ment method Minnesota Mississippi Missouri municipal Nebraska number of votes officers Ohio opinion option laws ordinance Oregon passed Pennsylvania petition plebiscite political poll popular vote prohibition proposed proposition provision qualified electors question recall referendum referred regard repealed representative respect Session Laws South Carolina South Dakota special election submission submitted to popular suffrage Texas tion town township tution two-thirds vention Virginia votes cast West Virginia
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Seite 146 - ... then it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people...
Seite 203 - Federal constitution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, and we favor direct legislation wherever practicable.
Seite 494 - That perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and that no Inhabitant of said State shall ever be molested in person, or property on account of his or her mode of religious worship: Provided, That polygamous or plural marriages are forever prohibited.
Seite 13 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 341 - ... in harmony with and subject to the Constitution and laws of the State.
Seite 192 - Indian descent, not members of any tribe; provided, that the legislature may at any time extend by law the right of suffrage to persons not herein enumeraled ; but no such law shall be in force until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the people at a general election, and approved by a majority of all the votes cast at such election...
Seite 439 - Under such general laws, the electors of each city and village shall have power and authority to frame, adopt and amend its charter...
Seite 438 - Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by the Legislative Assembly by special laws. The Legislative Assembly shall not enact, amend or repeal any charter or act of incorporation for any municipality, city or town.
Seite 111 - ... election shall have voted for a convention, the legislature shall at the next session provide by law for calling the same; and such convention shall consist of a number of members, not less than double that of the most numerous branch of the legislature.
Seite 146 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the general assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election...