Acts and Laws of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth, 1862 |
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... Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . ART . 1. All men are born free and equal , and have certain natural , essential and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and ...
... Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . ART . 1. All men are born free and equal , and have certain natural , essential and unalienable rights ; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and ...
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... inhabitants of , and persons resident , and estates lying , within the said Commonwealth ; and also to duties and ex- impose and levy reasonable duties and excises upon any produce , goods , wares , merchandise and commodities whatso ...
... inhabitants of , and persons resident , and estates lying , within the said Commonwealth ; and also to duties and ex- impose and levy reasonable duties and excises upon any produce , goods , wares , merchandise and commodities whatso ...
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... inhabitants of each town in the several counties of this Commonwealth , to be called by the selectmen , and warned in due course of law , at least seven days before the first Monday in April , for the purpose See amendments , of ...
... inhabitants of each town in the several counties of this Commonwealth , to be called by the selectmen , and warned in due course of law , at least seven days before the first Monday in April , for the purpose See amendments , of ...
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... inhabitants of plantations unincorporated , qual- Inhabitants of ified as this constitution provides , who are or shall be plantations , who empowered and required to assess taxes upon themselves pay State taxes , toward the support of ...
... inhabitants of plantations unincorporated , qual- Inhabitants of ified as this constitution provides , who are or shall be plantations , who empowered and required to assess taxes upon themselves pay State taxes , toward the support of ...
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... inhabitant of this Commonwealth for the space of five years immediately preceding his election , and , at the time of his election , he shall be an inhabitant in the district for which he shall be chosen . Senate not to ad- VI . The ...
... inhabitant of this Commonwealth for the space of five years immediately preceding his election , and , at the time of his election , he shall be an inhabitant in the district for which he shall be chosen . Senate not to ad- VI . The ...
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ACT CONCERNING act shall take aforesaid allowed and paid almshouse amendments amount appointed Approved April 30 Approved February Approved March April 25 bank benefit of company BRISTOL COUNTY Broadway Railroad cents per foot Chap chapter one hundred city of Boston clerk commission commissioners Commonwealth compensation constitution corporation district dollars Dukes County duties eighteen hundred election enacted execution expenses Fall River February 14 five hundred follows governor and council harbor hereby authorized hundred and fifty hundred and sixty-one hundred dollars justice legislature liabilities March 27 Massachusetts military Nantucket officers passage person pilot pilotage port Provincetown Railroad Company regiments RESOLVE IN FAVOR Rhode Island salary scrip secretary SECTION Seekonk selectmen senate sixty Statutes Suffolk sum not exceeding supreme judicial court take effect takes the name taxes thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred three hundred tion treasurer treasurer and receiver-general United vessels Vineyard Sound vote
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Seite ix - In the government of this Commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them : the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Seite vi - ... no part of the property of any individual can, with justice, be taken from him, or applied to public uses, without his own consent, or that of the representative body of the people.
Seite iii - 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.
Seite iv - 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 teachersi8 of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made...
Seite x - ... 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...
Seite viii - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent, as the lot of humanity will admit.
Seite vii - 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.
Seite iii - 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...
Seite xxv - 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.
Seite xxvii - College; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the legislature of this commonwealth from making such alterations in the government of the said university, as shall be conducive to its advantage, and the interest of the republic of letters, in as full a manner as might have been done by the legislature of the late Province of the Massachusetts Bay.