 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - Utah - 1890 - 876 pages
...into three branches, the legislative, executive, and judiciary. The legislative authority was to be vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives, both to be elected by the people.5 The executive power was placed in the hands of a governor, elected as... | |
 | Virginia - 1893 - 384 pages
...Executive and the Judicial, each wjth its distinct powers and officers." THE LEGISLATURE, Or law-making power, is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Delegates. The Senate is elected every four years — one-half to go out every two years. The Senate... | |
 | Ellis Paxson Oberholtzer - Referendum - 1893 - 240 pages
...unconstitutional, and said : " The people of the State of Delaware have vested the legislative power in a General Assembly, consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives ; the supreme executive power of the State in a Governor, and the judicial power in the several courts.... | |
 | Tennessee Bar Association - Bar associations - 1896 - 620 pages
...adopted. (66) The Constitution, as thus adopted, provided that the legislative authority should be vested in a "General Assembly," consisting of a "Senate and House of Representatives, both dependent on the p, ople." (Art. I., Sec. 1.) The number of Representatives was to be apportioned by... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1897 - 500 pages
...Hills, near Wallingford ; and the beautiful waterfall near Norwich. The legislative power of the State is vested in a general assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives ; the executive in a governor, lieutenant-governor, secretary of state, treasurer, and comptroller... | |
 | Frederick Albert Cleveland - Democracy - 1898 - 560 pages
...The decision reads as follows: The people of the State of Delaware have vested the legislative power in a General Assembly, consisting of a senate and house of representatives; the supreme executive power of the State in a governor, and the judicial power in several courts. The... | |
 | Israel Ward Andrews - Constitutional history - 1900 - 444 pages
...government by the people of the State, to the national government by the people of the United States. The Legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a senate and a house of representatives, the members to be chosen every alternate year on the Tuesday after the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1902 - 894 pages
...— Under the Constitution of 1S75 the executive power of the Crown is entrusted to a Governor, and the legislative power is vested in a General Assembly, consisting of a Legislative Council and a House of Representatives. The Governor summons, prorogues, and dissolves... | |
 | Frederick Martin, Sir John Scott Keltie, Isaac Parker Anderson Renwick, Mortimer Epstein, Sigfrid Henry Steinberg, John Paxton, Brian Hunter (Librarian), Barry Turner - Economic geography - 1906 - 1824 pages
...1790 and 1838 and the one now in force was adopted on December 16, 1873, and amended November 5, 1901. The legislative power is vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives. General elections are held biennially. Every male citizen 21 years of age,... | |
 | George Edward Plumbe, James Langland, Claude Othello Pike - Almanacs, American - 1907 - 578 pages
...Springfield Rusbville 7 8 3 3 3 4 nr, ILLINOIS ELECTORAL DISTRICTS.— CONTINUED. GOVERNMENT OF ILLINOIS. Legislative power is vested In a general assembly, consisting of a senate and bouse of representatives, both elected by the people. The state is divided into fifty-one senatorial... | |
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The legislative power of the state shall be vested in a General Assembly consisting of a Senate and House of Representatives, but the people reserve to themselves the power to propose to the General Assembly laws and amendments to the constitution, and... 
