Acts and Resolves Passed by the General CourtSecretary of the Commonwealth, 1892 - Session laws |
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act shall take ACT TO AUTHORIZE aforesaid annual apply appointed Approved April Approved June Approved March April 29 ARTICLE assessed authorized by chapter ballot board of aldermen bonds Brockton building Chap chapter one hundred chapter three hundred city council city of Boston city or town clerk commissioners Commonwealth corporation damages dollars and fifty Dukes County duties easements eighteen hundred election enacted established expenses February 29 fifty cents follows governor Haverhill hereafter hereby authorized highway hundred and ninety-two inspector issue June 16 land Massachusetts mayor meeting ment municipal notes or scrip passage payment person Plymouth County police prison probate Public Statutes purpose railroad registrars registry of deeds regulated repealed Resolved salary SECT SECTION selectmen senate sinking fund sum not exceeding superior court take effect thereof thousand dollars tion treasurer vacancy vote voters wards Water Loan West Tisbury Worcester
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Page 3 - The body politic is formed by a voluntary association of individuals; it is a social compact by which the whole people covenants with each citizen and each citizen with the whole people that all shall be governed by certain laws for the common good.
Page 30 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding agreeably to the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 4 - And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner and season most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Page 4 - Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of Got), and for the support and maintenance...
Page 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...
Page 35 - I, AB, do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the Constitution thereof. So help me God.
Page 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.
Page 3 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquillity their natural rights, and the blessings of life...
Page 226 - By reason of any defect in the condition of the ways, works or machinery connected with or used in the business of the employer...
Page 24 - WHENEVER the chair of the Governor shall be vacant, by reason of his death, or absence from the Commonwealth, or otherwise, the Lieutenant-Governor, for the time being, shall, during such vacancy, perform all the duties incumbent upon the Governor, and shall have and exercise all the powers and authorities, which by this Constitution the Governor is vested with, when personally present.
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| Title | Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court |
| Author | Massachusetts |
| Contributor | Massachusetts. General Court |
| Publisher | Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1892 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2007 |
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