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Secretary of the commonwealth, not eligible, unless an inhabitant
of the state for five years next preceding election or
appointment,

office to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails

to be qualified within ten days, .

records of commonwealth to be kept in office of,

may appoint deputies, for whose conduct he shall be
'accountable,

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to attend governor and council, senate and house, in person or
by deputies, as they shall require,

to attest all commissions, .

to certify to board authorized to divide county into districts,
the number of representatives to which the county is
entitled,

Sectarian schools, not to be maintained at public expense,
Selectmen, to preside at town meetings, elections, etc.,
Self-government, right of, asserted,

Senate, the first branch of the legislature,

to consist of forty members, apportionment, etc.,

governor and at least five councillors, to examine and count
votes, and issue summonses to members,.

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to be final judges of elections, returns and qualifications of
their own members,

vacancy to be filled by election, by people of the district, upon

order of majority of senators elected,

may punish for certain offences; trial may be by committee,
may require the attendance of the secretary of the common-
wealth in person or by deputy, .

may require the opinions of the justices of the supreme
judicial court upon important questions of law, and upon
solemn occasions,

to enter objections, made by governor to passage of a bill or
resolve, at large on records,

districts, forty in number, to be of adjacent territory, and to
contain, as near as may be, an equal number of voters,
apportionment based upon legal voters,

Sheriffs, elected by the people of the several counties,
Silver, value of money mentioned in the constitution to be computed
in silver at six shillings and eightpence per ounce,
Soldier, not to be quartered in any house, in time of peace, without
consent of owner,

Soldiers and sailors, who have served in time of war, etc., not dis-
qualified from voting on account of being paupers, .

Solicitor-general,

Standing armies, dangerous to liberty and not to be maintained with-
out consent of the legislature,

State or body politic, entitled,— The Commonwealth of Massachu-
setts,

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Supreme judicial court, judges to have honorable salaries fixed by
standing laws, and to hold office during good behavior, . 9, 22
to give opinions upon important questions of law, etc., when
required by either branch of the legislature or by the gov-
crnor and council,

not to hold certain other offices,

Sureties or bail, excessive, not to be required,

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30, 35

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Taxes, not to be levied without the consent of the people or their

6, 8

valuation of estates, to be taken anew once at least every ten
years, .

Tenure that all commission officers shall by law have in their offices,
shall be expressed in their commissions,

Title of body politic: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
Title of governor to be,-His Excellency,

Title of lieutenant-governor to be,-His Honor,

Town clerk, to make record and return of elections,

Town meetings, selectmen to preside at,

Town representation in the legislature,
Travelling expenses of members, to general assembly and returning
home, once in every session, to be paid by the govern-
ment,

Treason and felony, no subject to be declared guilty of, by the

Treasurer and receiver-general, to be chosen by the people annually

to hold office for one year from third Wednesday in January
next thereafter and until another is chosen and quali-

not eligible, unless an inhabitant of the state for five years
next preceding election or appointment, .

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Treasurer and receiver-general, in failure of election by voters, or
in case of decease of person elected, vacancy to be filled
by joint ballot of legislature from the two persons having
the highest number of votes at November election,
vacancy occurring during session of the legislature, filled by
joint ballot of the legislature from the people at large,
vacancy occurring when legislature is not in session, to be
filled by governor, by appointment, with advice and con-
sent of the council,

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34, 42

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office to be deemed vacant if person elected or appointed fails
pointed
to be qualified within ten days, .
Treasury, no moneys to be issued from, but upon the warrant of
governor, except, etc..

Trial by jury, right to, secured,.

guaranteed in criminal cases, except in army and navy,

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University at Cambridge,

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V.

26, 27, 28, 46

Vacancy in office of governor, powers to be exercised by lieutenant-

Vacancy in offices of governor and lieutenant-governor, powers to be
exercised by the council,
Vacancy in the council, to be filled by the election of a resident of the
district by concurrent vote of the senate and house; if
legislature is not in session, to be filled by governor with
advice of the council,.

Vacancy in the senate to be filled by election by the people upon the
order of a majority of senators elected,
Vacancy in office of secretary, treasurer, auditor and attorney-gen-
eral, caused by decease of person elected, or failure to
elect, filled by joint ballot of legislature from the two
persons having highest number of votes at November
election,

occurring during session of legislature, filled by joint ballot of
legislature from people at large,

occurring when legislature is not in session, to be filled by
governor, by appointment, with advice of council,
Vacancy in militia office, filled by governor and council, if electors
neglect or refuse to make election,

Valuation of estates, to be taken anew once in every ten years at

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not disqualified on account of being paupers if they have
served in the army or navy in time of war, etc.,
male citizens, twenty-one years of age, who have resided in
the state one year, and within the town or district six
months, who have paid a state or county tax within two
years next preceding the election of state officers, and
such as are exempted by law from taxation, but in other
respects qualified, and who can write their names and
read the constitution in the English language,.
the basis upon which the apportionment of representatives
to the several counties is made,

basis of apportionment of senators,

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census of voters to be taken in 1865, and every tenth year

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43, 44, 45

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Worship, public, the right and duty of all men,

Writ of habeas corpus, to be enjoyed in the most free, easy, cheap
and expeditious manner, and not to be suspended by
legislature, except for a limited time,
Writs, to be issued in the name of the commonwealth under the seal
of the court, bear test of the first justice, and be signed
by the clerk,

Writing and reading, necessary qualifications for voting, or holding
office,.

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Y.

Year, political, begins on the first Wednesday of January,

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