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... statutes and ordinances , directions and instructions , either with penalties or without , not repugnant to so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this consti- the constitution ; tution , as they shall judge to be for the good ...
... statutes and ordinances , directions and instructions , either with penalties or without , not repugnant to so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this consti- the constitution ; tution , as they shall judge to be for the good ...
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... statutes and laws , shall be- " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives , in General Court assembled , and by the authority of the same . ' " " government con- IX . To the end there may be no failure of justice , or ...
... statutes and laws , shall be- " Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives , in General Court assembled , and by the authority of the same . ' " " government con- IX . To the end there may be no failure of justice , or ...
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... Worship , Public , the Right and Duty of all Men , Writs , how made , issued , & c . , Y. Year , Political , when to begin and end , IV XXX XXXV General Statutes and Special Acts OF MASSACHUSETTS , PASSED 1862 X INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION .
... Worship , Public , the Right and Duty of all Men , Writs , how made , issued , & c . , Y. Year , Political , when to begin and end , IV XXX XXXV General Statutes and Special Acts OF MASSACHUSETTS , PASSED 1862 X INDEX TO THE CONSTITUTION .
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Massachusetts. General Statutes and Special Acts OF MASSACHUSETTS , PASSED 1862 . The General Court of 1862 assembled in the State House.
Massachusetts. General Statutes and Special Acts OF MASSACHUSETTS , PASSED 1862 . The General Court of 1862 assembled in the State House.
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... Statutes is hereby sus- authorized . pended until the first day of April next . SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage . Approved January 14 , 1862 . Chap . 2 . AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE TOWN OF SEEKONK . Be it enacted ...
... Statutes is hereby sus- authorized . pended until the first day of April next . SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage . Approved January 14 , 1862 . Chap . 2 . AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE TOWN OF SEEKONK . Be it enacted ...
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ACT CONCERNING act shall take aforesaid allowed and paid almshouse amendments amount appointed Approved April 30 Approved February Approved March April 25 bank benefit of company BRISTOL COUNTY Broadway Railroad cents per foot Chap chapter one hundred city of Boston clerk commission commissioners Commonwealth compensation constitution corporation district dollars Dukes County duties eighteen hundred election enacted execution expenses Fall River February 14 five hundred follows governor and council harbor hereby authorized hundred and fifty hundred and sixty-one hundred dollars justice legislature liabilities March 27 Massachusetts military Nantucket officers passage person pilot pilotage port Provincetown Railroad Company regiments RESOLVE IN FAVOR Rhode Island salary scrip secretary SECTION Seekonk selectmen senate sixty Statutes Suffolk sum not exceeding supreme judicial court take effect takes the name taxes thereof thousand dollars thousand eight hundred three hundred tion treasurer treasurer and receiver-general United vessels Vineyard Sound vote
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Page xiv - 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 ix - 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 x - Commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, 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 of the public worship of GOD, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachersi8 of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made...
Page xvi - ... to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions, either with penalties or without; so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same...
Page xiii - 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 i - 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...
Page xxxvi - The privilege and benefit of the writ of habeas corpus shall be enjoyed in this commonwealth, in the most free, easy, cheap, expeditious, and ample manner; and shall not be suspended by the legislature, except upon the most urgent and pressing occasions, and for a limited time, not exceeding twelve months.
Page xii - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page xiv - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent, as the lot of humanity will admit. It is therefore not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights of the people, and of every citizen, that the judges of the supreme judicial court should hold their...
Page xiii - All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation ; and if the order, in the warrant to a civil officer, to make search in suspected places, or to arrest one or more suspected persons, or to seize their property, be not accompanied with a special designation of the persons or objects of search, arrest, or seizure; and no warrant ought to be issued but in cases, and with the formalities, prescribed by the laws.