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... representatives are chosen by districts , without regard to residence . All determinations of one house must be approved of by the other , and then submitted to a council , composed of the governor , chancellor , and judges of the ...
... representatives are chosen by districts , without regard to residence . All determinations of one house must be approved of by the other , and then submitted to a council , composed of the governor , chancellor , and judges of the ...
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... representatives by counties , and not by villages or 2. In leaving the senators in office four years consecu- tively . And 3. In the revision of the laws by the council chosen by the legislature . towns . Judiciary . The judges , who ...
... representatives by counties , and not by villages or 2. In leaving the senators in office four years consecu- tively . And 3. In the revision of the laws by the council chosen by the legislature . towns . Judiciary . The judges , who ...
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... houses , one of which , called the Upper House , is composed of the go- vernor , deputy - governor , and twelve assistants , or counsellors ; the other , called the Lower House of the Representatives 24 HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA .
... houses , one of which , called the Upper House , is composed of the go- vernor , deputy - governor , and twelve assistants , or counsellors ; the other , called the Lower House of the Representatives 24 HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICA .
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... representatives half- yearly , ( the number in each town not to exceed two , ) by elec- tors who have " maturity in years , a quiet and peaceable beha- viour , a civil conversation , and forty shillings freehold , or forty pounds ...
... representatives half- yearly , ( the number in each town not to exceed two , ) by elec- tors who have " maturity in years , a quiet and peaceable beha- viour , a civil conversation , and forty shillings freehold , or forty pounds ...
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... Representatives . The Senators are elected in districts for four years ; the latter in counties for one only , by free electors of 21 years of age , who , before the election , shall have resided two years within the state , and during ...
... Representatives . The Senators are elected in districts for four years ; the latter in counties for one only , by free electors of 21 years of age , who , before the election , shall have resided two years within the state , and during ...
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Page 115 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 248 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other States that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 102 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Page 248 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein such State shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Page 47 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Page 116 - That all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident or the presumption great...
Page 241 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Page 39 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures...
Page 40 - ... court, register's court, and a court of quarter sessions of the peace, for each county; in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislature may, from time to time establish.
Page 39 - No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.