Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1868 - Session laws |
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... Chap . 4. AN ACT FIXING THE TIME FOR PAYING THE SALARIES OF DISTRICT- Salaries to be paid monthly . Chap . 5 . Corporators . Name and pur- pose . ATTORNEYS AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT - ATTORNEYS . Be it enacted , & c . , as follows ...
... Chap . 4. AN ACT FIXING THE TIME FOR PAYING THE SALARIES OF DISTRICT- Salaries to be paid monthly . Chap . 5 . Corporators . Name and pur- pose . ATTORNEYS AND ASSISTANT DISTRICT - ATTORNEYS . Be it enacted , & c . , as follows ...
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... Chap . 12 . trial justices may Be it enacted , & c . , as follows : SECTION 1. Police courts and trial justices may , in their Police courts and discretion , exercise jurisdiction over offences described the twenty - seventh section of ...
... Chap . 12 . trial justices may Be it enacted , & c . , as follows : SECTION 1. Police courts and trial justices may , in their Police courts and discretion , exercise jurisdiction over offences described the twenty - seventh section of ...
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... Chap . 15. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE LADIES ' CITY MISSION SOCIETY IN Corporators . Purpose . Powers and duties . Real and person- al estate . Be it enacted & c . , as follows : NEW BEdford . SECTION 1. Eunice H. Blackler , Emily H ...
... Chap . 15. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE LADIES ' CITY MISSION SOCIETY IN Corporators . Purpose . Powers and duties . Real and person- al estate . Be it enacted & c . , as follows : NEW BEdford . SECTION 1. Eunice H. Blackler , Emily H ...
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... Chap . 17 . construct road in N. Andover and Bradford . SECTION 1. The Boston and Maine Railroad is hereby May locate and authorized and empowered to locate , construct and maintain a railroad between a point on its present road as now ...
... Chap . 17 . construct road in N. Andover and Bradford . SECTION 1. The Boston and Maine Railroad is hereby May locate and authorized and empowered to locate , construct and maintain a railroad between a point on its present road as now ...
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... Chap . 19. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE FALL RIVER SAVINGS BANK TO HOLD Be it enacted & c . , as follows : $ 30,000 addition- al real estate . ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE . SECTION 1. The Fall River Savings Bank is hereby authorized to hold real ...
... Chap . 19. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE FALL RIVER SAVINGS BANK TO HOLD Be it enacted & c . , as follows : $ 30,000 addition- al real estate . ADDITIONAL REAL ESTATE . SECTION 1. The Fall River Savings Bank is hereby authorized to hold real ...
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Page 6 - ... 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.
Page 4 - God, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 9 - 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.
Page 3 - 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.
Page 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...
Page 7 - 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...
Page 4 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping God in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience : or for his religious profession or sentiments ; provided he doth not disturb the public peace or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 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.
Page 10 - And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said general court, from time to time, to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances, directions and instructions...
Page 39 - All moneys raised by taxation in the towns and cities for the support, of public schools, and all moneys which may be appropriated by the state for the support of common schools, shall be applied to, and expended in. no other schools than those which are conducted according to law, under the order and superintendence of the authorities of the town or city in which the money is to be expended ; and such moneys shall never be appropriated to any religious sect for the maintenance, exclusively, of its...