...discretion, to assemble and call together; and tlie governor, with the said counci.lors, or five of them at least, shall and may, from time to time, hold and keep a council, for the ordering and directing Ihe affairs of the Commonwealth, according to the laws of the land. [See Amendments, Article XVI.]...

...commonwealth for the time being ; and oouncU. the governor with the said councillors, or five of them at least, shall, and may, from time to time, hold...V. The governor, with advice of council, shall have vay^ajonrn or full power and authority, during the session of the general court, to adjourn or prorogue...

...ma°cilthe governor with the said councillors, or five of them at least, shall, and may, from time to tune, hold and keep a council, for the ordering and directing...V. The governor, with advice of council, shall have M»y adjourn or full power and authority, during the session of the general court, to adjourn or prorogue...

..." there shall be a supreme executive magistrate," and that the governor, with the council, shall " from time to time hold and keep a council for the...agreeably to the Constitution and the laws of the land." The large proportion of his powers is comprehended in the words " executive magistrate " and in the...

...next preceding the said first Wednesday of 'June." It further provided (article 50, part 2) that " the governor, with advice of council, shall have full power and authority during the sessions of the general court to adjourn or prorogue it to any time the two houses may desire, and...

...being and that the said governour with the said assistants or councillors or seaven of them at the least shall and may from time to time hold and keep a councill for the ordering and directing the affaires of OUT said province. CONSTITtmON. The governour...

...discretion, to assemble and call together. And the Governor, with the said Counsellors, or five of them at least, shall and may, from time to time, hold and...ordering and directing the affairs of the Commonwealth, according to the laws of the land. III. The Counsellors, in the civil arrangements of the Commonwealth,...

...directing the affairs of the commonwealth, agreeably to the constitution and the laws of the land. ART. V. The governor, with advice of council, shall have full power and anthority, during the session of the general court, to adjourn or prorogue the same to any time the...

...Massachusetts that the governor should act with the advice of his council, which, it was said, should be held "for the ordering and directing the affairs of the...agreeably to the constitution and the laws of the land."2 In the first section of tho act now under consideration, by which the governor was authorized...

...Councellors our w1'h Seven or Seven of them at the least, shall and may from time 3 couneil. '° " to time hold and keep a Council for the ordering and directing the Affairs of Our said Province. And further, We Will, and by these Presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, do...