Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State Convention, Assembled May 4th, 1853, to Revise and Amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Том 3White & Potter, printers, 1853 |
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... House of Representatives , but was rejected , on a very close division , in the Senate - I think by a single vote . But the parties having this grand enterprise at heart , avow their determination to renew it at another session . It is ...
... House of Representatives , but was rejected , on a very close division , in the Senate - I think by a single vote . But the parties having this grand enterprise at heart , avow their determination to renew it at another session . It is ...
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... House , which we shall probably adopt , is a large increase in the size of that body . That evil , every gentleman must see , is liable to be increased by the cutting up of large towns into one , two , or three additional towns , having ...
... House , which we shall probably adopt , is a large increase in the size of that body . That evil , every gentleman must see , is liable to be increased by the cutting up of large towns into one , two , or three additional towns , having ...
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... House of Representatives , or of thinking that the House the Convention has already provided for , is not large enough ; but I do think that to insert a provision preventing towns from being formed for fear of having too large a House ...
... House of Representatives , or of thinking that the House the Convention has already provided for , is not large enough ; but I do think that to insert a provision preventing towns from being formed for fear of having too large a House ...
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... House should select , from a very limited number , which in practice , must be those who have very nearly an equal number of votes , two out of three of those , and send their names to the Senate . The Convention having put the Senate ...
... House should select , from a very limited number , which in practice , must be those who have very nearly an equal number of votes , two out of three of those , and send their names to the Senate . The Convention having put the Senate ...
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... House of Representatives in the hands , in the first place , of of a minority of the whole people , by the mode of a representation of communities , instead of that based upon the aggregate population ; and then , you go one step ...
... House of Representatives in the hands , in the first place , of of a minority of the whole people , by the mode of a representation of communities , instead of that based upon the aggregate population ; and then , you go one step ...
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