 ... no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this state.  Laws of the State of New-York - Page 13by New York (State) - 1802Full view - About this book
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...; and hence it was declared that " no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination should be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within the state." That constitution secured perfect religious liberty. SEC. 11. BILL OF Rioirra OF MASSACHUSETTS.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to or capable of holding any civil or military office or place within this State. An examination of tho present Constitutions of the various States, now existing, will show that... | |
 | Joshua Rhodes Balme - United States - 1866 - 314 pages
...priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to or capable of holding any civil or military office or place within this state. 5. The militia of this state shall, at all times hereafter, be armed and disciplined and in... | |
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - 736 pages
...priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding any civil or military office or place, within the State." 11! political affairs. It would be incompatible with their sacred functions to suffer themselves... | |
 | Philip Lindsley - 1866 - 726 pages
...priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall, at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding any civil or military office or place, within the State."!!! political affairs. It would be incompatible with their sacred functions to suffer themselves... | |
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter under any pretense or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State. N~ Y., (1777), 33, (1821,) 41. — Therefore no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination... | |
 | Murray Hoffman - Ecclesiastical law - 1868 - 364 pages
...their function : Therefore, no minister of the gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall be eligible to or capable of holding any civil or military office within this State." The 36th Article had this clause : that " Nothing in the Constitution contained... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - Constitutional history - 1870 - 628 pages
...priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State." See also • the Constitutions of North Carolina, Art. XXXI. ; Virginia ; South Carolina, Art-... | |
 | William Oland Bourne - African Americans - 1870 - 822 pages
...gospel, or priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time, under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within this State." The commissioners would suggest, that any difficulties in regard to the religious education... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Assembly - Election law - 1871 - 692 pages
...priest of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter, under any pretense or description whatever, be eligible to or capable of holding any civil or military office or place within this State.' " The committee are of the opinion that the seat of the said James Kenyon is vacant. And the... | |
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