...order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from lime to lime authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic,...

...order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require,...make suitable provision at their own expense for the i?istitution of the public worship of God and for the support and maintenance of public protestant...

...order and preservation of their government, the people of this Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to 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...

...organization) empowered the legislature to take measures for having provision made by the minor jurisdictions "for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality" Such was the voice of New-Hampshire. Massachusetts went still further, the constitution of 1780 holding...

...instructions they can conscientiously and conveniently attend : — Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting...

...*The power and the duty of the legislature to require provision to be made for the institution of tlie public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance of public teachers of piety, religion, and morality, were confidently asserted and maintained by a large proportion...

...order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their Legislature with power to authorize and require,...authorize and require the several towns, parishes, &c., &c., to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship...

...order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their Legislature with power to authorize and require,...authorize and require the several towns, parishes, &c., &c., to make sukable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship...

...religion ;" therefore, to promote these important purposes, " the towns" are empowered to adopt measures for the support and maintenance of " public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality." Although the towns are still authorized to take measures for the support of public worship, that is...

...Legislature with power to authorise and require, and the Legislature shall from time to time authorise and require the several towns, parishes, precincts...institution of the public worship of God, and for ihe support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality in all cases...