Constitution of the Commonwealth of MassachusettsWright & Potter printing Company, 1914 - 71 стор. |
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12 Allen adjourn aforesaid annually appointed apportion approved and ratified Article of Amendment Article was adopted Articles were adopted assemble census of polls chosen cillors citizen COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS consent constitution coun councillors and senators day of November declared Dukes County duties elect one representative eligible ernor executive full power governor and council Gray Harvard College hereby annulled hold house of representatives judge justice last Wednesday lature legal voters legis legislature lieuten lieutenant-governor manner Mass meeting ments militia monwealth notaries public number of representatives number of votes oath open town meeting person poll tax power and authority prescribe president probate prorogue provision Quorum register of deeds repre representa representative district require respectively returned secretary selectmen senators and representatives session sion standing laws Superseded by amendments tenth year thereafter thereof thousand eight hundred tion tives treasurer and receiver-general vacancies Wednes Wednesday of January XXVIII
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Сторінка 6 - Each individual of the society has a right to be protected by it in the enjoyment of his life, liberty, and property, according to standing laws.
Сторінка 29 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns...
Сторінка 15 - The senate shall be a court with full authority to hear and determine all impeachments made by the house of representatives, against any officer or officers of the commonwealth, for misconduct and mal-administration in their offices.
Сторінка 28 - Bay, passed in the year one thousand six hundred and forty-two, the governor and deputygovernor, for the time being, and all the magistrates of that jurisdiction, were, with the president, and a number of the • clergy in the said act described, constituted the overseers of Harvard College ; and it being necessary, in this new constitution of government, to ascertain who shall be deemed successors to the said governor, deputy-governor, and magistrates; it is declared, that the governor, lieutenant-governor,...
Сторінка 28 - College; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the legislature of this commonwealth from making such alterations in the government of the said university, as shall be conducive to its advantage, and the interest of the republic of letters, in as full a manner as might have been done by the legislature of the late Province of the Massachusetts Bay.
Сторінка 9 - It is, therefore, not only the best policy, but for the security of the rights of the people, and of every citizen, that the judges of the supreme judicial court should hold their offices as long as they behave themselves well; and that they should have honorable salaries ascertained and established by standing laws.
Сторінка 7 - 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.
Сторінка 21 - Provided, that the said governor shall not, at any time hereafter, by virtue of any power by this constitution granted, or hereafter to be granted to him by the legislature, transport any of the inhabitants of this Commonwealth, or oblige them to march out of the limits of the same, without their free and voluntary consent, or the consent of the general court...
Сторінка 5 - All power residing originally in the people, and being derived from them, the several magistrates and officers of government, vested with authority, whether legislative, executive, or judicial, are their substitutes and agents, and are at all times accountable to them.
Сторінка 18 - AND the Senate and House of Representatives may try, and determine, all cases where their rights and privileges are concerned, and which, by the Constitution, they have authority to try and determine, by committees of their own members, or in such other way as they may respectively think best.