Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced ... at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Volume 11Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1838 - Constitutional conventions |
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... ment of the system as to justices of the peace ? Is there not something extremely inconsistent in the idea ? It has been said , that if the matter is left to the legislature , justices of the peace will be given in such numbers as to ...
... ment of the system as to justices of the peace ? Is there not something extremely inconsistent in the idea ? It has been said , that if the matter is left to the legislature , justices of the peace will be given in such numbers as to ...
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... ment . But there are also other reasons of a forcible character . The number of magisrates should of couse , be graduated according to the popu- lation and the business , and especially with reference to the latter . In the agricultural ...
... ment . But there are also other reasons of a forcible character . The number of magisrates should of couse , be graduated according to the popu- lation and the business , and especially with reference to the latter . In the agricultural ...
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... ment . He was in favor of it . Mr. FULLER , of Fayette , regarded this as a very important question . It would be recollected that when the subject was up before in committee of the whole , they agreed that the qualified electors should ...
... ment . He was in favor of it . Mr. FULLER , of Fayette , regarded this as a very important question . It would be recollected that when the subject was up before in committee of the whole , they agreed that the qualified electors should ...
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... ment of this kind , either that the jurisdiction of the justices that should be elected , ( and I am in favor of that being done , ) should extend throughout the county , or to convenient districts , as the legislature might prescribe ...
... ment of this kind , either that the jurisdiction of the justices that should be elected , ( and I am in favor of that being done , ) should extend throughout the county , or to convenient districts , as the legislature might prescribe ...
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... ment . Mr. BIDDLE , of Philadelphia city , said that he believed it to be a great evil that a plaintiff in a suit , should have an opportunity to select a magis . trate from a large number , whilst to the defendant , no choice whatever ...
... ment . Mr. BIDDLE , of Philadelphia city , said that he believed it to be a great evil that a plaintiff in a suit , should have an opportunity to select a magis . trate from a large number , whilst to the defendant , no choice whatever ...
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Page 220 - 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; and that no preference shall ever be given by law, to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Page 264 - State, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made, and upon proof to the satisfaction of such Judge or magistrate, either by oral testimony or affidavit taken before and certified by a magistrate of any such State or Territory, that the person so seized or arrested, doth, under the laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled...
Page 229 - All persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the One Almighty and Eternal God to be the Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of the world...
Page 264 - States or territory, the person to whom such labor or service may be due, his agent or attorney, is hereby empowered to seize or arrest such fugitive from labor, and to take him or her before any judge of the circuit or district courts of the United States, residing or being within the State, or before any magistrate of a county, city, or town corporate, wherein such seizure or arrest shall be made...
Page 244 - 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.
Page 276 - But a citizen of the United States, who had previously been a qualified voter of this State, and removed therefrom and returned, and who shall have resided in the election district, and paid taxes as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote, after residing in the State six months : Provided, that white freemen, citizens of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-two years, and having resided in the State one year, and in the election district ten days as aforesaid, shall be entitled...
Page 77 - The number of Representatives shall, at the several periods of making such enumeration, be fixed by the Legislature and apportioned among the several Counties...
Page 300 - Territory, that the person so seized or arrested, doth, under the laws of the State or Territory from which he or she fled, owe service or labor to the person claiming him or her, it shall be the duty of such Judge or magistrate to give a certificate thereof to such claimant, his agent, or attorney, which shall be sufficient warrant for removing the said fugitive from labor to the State or Territory from which he or she fled.
Page 219 - 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 140 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.