Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court of MassachusettsSecretary of the Commonwealth., 1868 - Session laws |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 94
Page 5
... aforesaid , at stated times and seasons , if there be any on whose instructions they can consci- entiously and conveniently attend . teachers secured . Provided , notwithstanding , that the several towns , parishes , precincts ...
... aforesaid , at stated times and seasons , if there be any on whose instructions they can consci- entiously and conveniently attend . teachers secured . Provided , notwithstanding , that the several towns , parishes , precincts ...
Page 13
... aforesaid . ] final judge of bers . IV . The senate shall be the final judge of the elections , Senate to be returns and qualifications of their own members , as pointed elections , & c . , out in the constitution ; and shall , on the ...
... aforesaid . ] final judge of bers . IV . The senate shall be the final judge of the elections , Senate to be returns and qualifications of their own members , as pointed elections , & c . , out in the constitution ; and shall , on the ...
Page 15
... aforesaid . ] a voter . [ IV . Every male person being twenty - one years of age , and resident Qualifications of in any particular town in this Commonwealth , for the space of one year next preceding , having a freehold estate within ...
... aforesaid . ] a voter . [ IV . Every male person being twenty - one years of age , and resident Qualifications of in any particular town in this Commonwealth , for the space of one year next preceding , having a freehold estate within ...
Page 21
... aforesaid , Salaries to be en- so established , are insufficient , they shall , from time to time , cient . be enlarged , as the general court shall judge proper . larged , if insuffi . CHAPTER II . SECTION II . Lieutenant - Governor ...
... aforesaid , Salaries to be en- so established , are insufficient , they shall , from time to time , cient . be enlarged , as the general court shall judge proper . larged , if insuffi . CHAPTER II . SECTION II . Lieutenant - Governor ...
Page 22
... aforesaid from among the people at large ; and the number of senators left , shall constitute the senate for the year . Senators becom- The seats of the persons thus elected from the senate , and accepting the ing councillors , trust ...
... aforesaid from among the people at large ; and the number of senators left , shall constitute the senate for the year . Senators becom- The seats of the persons thus elected from the senate , and accepting the ing councillors , trust ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
act shall take ACT TO INCORPORATE aforesaid aldermen allowed and paid almshouse amendments appointed Approved April Approved June Approved March April 29 assessed associates and successors Berkshire bridge capital stock Chap Charlestown city of Boston city or town clerk commissioners Commonwealth district duties Edgartown eighteen hundred eighty dollars election enacted expenses February 17 Fitchburg Railroad Company five hundred dollars follows Fort Point Channel forty dollars governor and council harbor hereafter hereby authorized hold real Hoosac Tunnel hundred and sixty hundred and sixty-seven hundred thousand dollars land laws legislature license Massachusetts Name and pur passage police court powers and privileges purpose Railroad Company real and personal real estate register of deeds repealed salary scrip SECTION selectmen senate sinking fund sixty dollars street Suffolk sum not exceeding take effect thereof thousand eight hundred thousand five hundred three hundred tion treasurer trustees twenty dollars vote Ward Worcester
Popular passages
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...