A Text Book on Civil Government in the United StatesA.S. Barnes, 1875 - 330 páginas |
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... annually elected a governor , and five Form of Gov- ( afterward seven ) assistants . This was ernment . the executive department . A meeting of the governor and assistants was called a .Court of Assistants . A meeting of all the freemen ...
... annually elected a governor , and five Form of Gov- ( afterward seven ) assistants . This was ernment . the executive department . A meeting of the governor and assistants was called a .Court of Assistants . A meeting of all the freemen ...
Página 77
... annually , though the voters of any town might express their choice by proxy through their deputies . Revised Laws of 1671 . In 1671 the frame of government became still more definitely established by a revision of the laws , and the ...
... annually , though the voters of any town might express their choice by proxy through their deputies . Revised Laws of 1671 . In 1671 the frame of government became still more definitely established by a revision of the laws , and the ...
Página 79
... annually by vote of a majority of the freemen . 7. Legislative functions at first were vested in the whole body of freemen acting together as a general court . Afterward the general court consisted of the magistrates , and deputies sent ...
... annually by vote of a majority of the freemen . 7. Legislative functions at first were vested in the whole body of freemen acting together as a general court . Afterward the general court consisted of the magistrates , and deputies sent ...
Página 81
... governor , deputy governor , and eighteen assistants , chosen annually by Government . the whole body of freemen or members . Four times a year , there was to be " a great , 81 CHAPTER X THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
... governor , deputy governor , and eighteen assistants , chosen annually by Government . the whole body of freemen or members . Four times a year , there was to be " a great , 81 CHAPTER X THE COLONY OF MASSACHUSETTS BAY.
Página 92
... annually one for election , where the whole body of free- men were to choose by ballot a governor and six magis- trates , or assistants ; the other court , for legislation , was to consist of four deputies from each of the original ...
... annually one for election , where the whole body of free- men were to choose by ballot a governor and six magis- trates , or assistants ; the other court , for legislation , was to consist of four deputies from each of the original ...
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Página 75 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Página 323 - Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Página 233 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation, or body of men, can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Página 310 - Sect. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Página 75 - Faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in.
Página 233 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own. For myself, I must declare and avow that in all my reading and observation...
Página 37 - It is admitted that the power of taxing the people and their property is essential to the very existence of government, and may be legitimately exercised on the objects to which it is applicable, to the utmost extent to which the government may choose to carry it.
Página 309 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Página 20 - We have repeatedly said, and we once more insist, that the great principle embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ' that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed...
Página 75 - Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...