Congressional Serial Set, Issue 5914U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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Page 3198
... chosen shall convene at the capital and organize by the election of a speaker , a clerk , a sergeant - at - arms , and such other officers and assistants as it may require , at such time as may be designated by the executive council ...
... chosen shall convene at the capital and organize by the election of a speaker , a clerk , a sergeant - at - arms , and such other officers and assistants as it may require , at such time as may be designated by the executive council ...
Page 3205
... chosen by the consent of our loving friends and neighbors the Inhabitants of this Towne of Providence , having many differences amongst us , they being freely willing and also bound themselves to stand to our Arbitration in all ...
... chosen by the consent of our loving friends and neighbors the Inhabitants of this Towne of Providence , having many differences amongst us , they being freely willing and also bound themselves to stand to our Arbitration in all ...
Page 3206
... chosen by every partie do end the cause , then to see theire determination performed and the faultive to pay the Arbitrators for theire time spent in it : But if these foure men doe not end it , then for the 5 disposers to choose three ...
... chosen by every partie do end the cause , then to see theire determination performed and the faultive to pay the Arbitrators for theire time spent in it : But if these foure men doe not end it , then for the 5 disposers to choose three ...
Page 3214
... chosen , out of the freemen of the sayd Com- pany , for the tyme beinge , in such manner and fforme as is hereafter in these presents expressed ; which sayd officers shall aplye themselves to take care for the best disposeinge and ...
... chosen , out of the freemen of the sayd Com- pany , for the tyme beinge , in such manner and fforme as is hereafter in these presents expressed ; which sayd officers shall aplye themselves to take care for the best disposeinge and ...
Page 3216
... chosen for the year ensueing , by such greater part of the sayd Company , for the tyme beinge , as shall bee then and there present ; and if itt shall happen that the present Governour , Deputy - Gov- ernour and Assistants , by these ...
... chosen for the year ensueing , by such greater part of the sayd Company , for the tyme beinge , as shall bee then and there present ; and if itt shall happen that the present Governour , Deputy - Gov- ernour and Assistants , by these ...
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Page 3591 - Laws shall be made to exclude from office, serving on juries, and from the right of suffrage, those who shall hereafter be convicted of bribery, perjury, forgery, or other high crimes. The privilege of free suffrage shall be supported by laws regulating elections, and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence thereon from power, bribery, tumult, or other improper practice.
Page 3745 - The General Assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful, by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her, or its property...
Page 3423 - All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Page 3713 - ... no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 3772 - 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 3668 - All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterward by gift, devise, or descent, shall be her separate property, and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife in relation as well to her separate property as to that held in common with her husband.
Page 3543 - ... aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the...
Page 3433 - There shall be a seal of this state, which shall be kept by the Governor, and used by him officially, and shall be called "The Great Seal of the State of California.
Page 3422 - 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...
Page 3547 - States as may be formed out of that portion of said territory lying south of thirty-six degrees thirty minutes north latitude, commonly known as the Missouri Compromise line, shall be admitted into the Union, with or without slavery, as the people of each State asking admission may desire. And in such State or States as shall be formed out of said territory, north of said Missouri Compromise line, slavery or involuntary servitude (except for crime) shall be prohibited.