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... revision , approve thereof , he shall return bill or signify his approbation by signing the same . But if he amendment , have any objection to the passing of such bill or resolve , he ments , Art . shall return the same , together with ...
... revision , approve thereof , he shall return bill or signify his approbation by signing the same . But if he amendment , have any objection to the passing of such bill or resolve , he ments , Art . shall return the same , together with ...
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... revision or amendment , the general court shall issue precepts , or direct them to be issued from the secretary's office , to the several towns to elect delegates to meet in convention for the purpose aforesaid . The said delegates to ...
... revision or amendment , the general court shall issue precepts , or direct them to be issued from the secretary's office , to the several towns to elect delegates to meet in convention for the purpose aforesaid . The said delegates to ...
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... revision mittees , except , of the statutes of the commonwealth when submitted to the general court for adoption . of not to perform the administrative - Art . LXVI . On or before January first , nineteen hun- Organization dred twenty ...
... revision mittees , except , of the statutes of the commonwealth when submitted to the general court for adoption . of not to perform the administrative - Art . LXVI . On or before January first , nineteen hun- Organization dred twenty ...
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... revise the Constitution . The Act was submitted to the people , and a majority voted against the proposed Convention . In 1852 , on the 7th of May , another Act was passed calling upon the people to vote upon the question of calling a ...
... revise the Constitution . The Act was submitted to the people , and a majority voted against the proposed Convention . In 1852 , on the 7th of May , another Act was passed calling upon the people to vote upon the question of calling a ...
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... revise , alter or amend the constitution of the Com- monwealth ? " The people voted on this question at the annual election , held on November 7 , casting 217,293 votes in the affirma- tive and 120,979 votes in the negative ; and ...
... revise , alter or amend the constitution of the Com- monwealth ? " The people voted on this question at the annual election , held on November 7 , casting 217,293 votes in the affirma- tive and 120,979 votes in the negative ; and ...
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ACT AUTHORIZING ACT RELATIVE act shall take acts of nineteen aforesaid amended by inserting amended by striking annual appointed Approved April Approved March assessed assistant bonds or notes Boston Elevated Railway building cents certificate Chap chapter one hundred chapter three hundred chapter two hundred cities and towns city of Boston city or town clerk commission commonwealth Company comptroller corporation district division dred election enacted expenses February 20 fifty dollars filed hereby amended hereby further amended hundred and fifty hundred and twenty hundred and twenty-one hundred and twenty-two inserting in place issue land Laws is hereby loan March 21 ment metropolitan district commission motor vehicles nineteen hundred paid payment pension place thereof purpose read as follows retirement revised salaries sand dollars SECT sum not exceeding take effect taxes thereof the following thereof the words thousand dollars tion treasurer vote voters
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Страница 3 - 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.
Страница 4 - Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require...
Страница 7 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Страница 39 - 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.
Страница 33 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used, and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or repealed by the Legislature ; such parts only excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this Constitution.
Страница 3 - 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...
Страница 5 - The people of this commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a free, sovereign, and independent state; and do, and forever hereafter shall, exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not, or may not hereafter be, by them expressly delegated to the United States of America, in Congress assembled.
Страница 4 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe.
Страница 4 - We, therefore, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging, with grateful hearts, the goodness of the great Legislator of the universe, in affording us, in the course of His providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peaceably, without fraud, violence, or surprise, of entering into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other; and of forming a new constitution of civil government, for ourselves and posterity; and devoutly imploring His direction in so interesting a design, do agree...
Страница 35 - Provided, that no such government shall be erected or constituted in any town not containing twelve thousand inhabitants, nor unless it be with the consent, and on the application of a majority of the inhabitants of such town, present and voting thereon, pursuant to a vote at a meeting duly warned and holden for that purpose.