Debates in the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918, Svazek 4Wright & Potter Printing Company, state printers, 1920 |
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Strana 30
... proposition inconsistent with any one of the following rights of the individual , as at present declared in the declaration of rights , shall be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition : The right to receive compensation for ...
... proposition inconsistent with any one of the following rights of the individual , as at present declared in the declaration of rights , shall be the subject of an initiative or referendum petition : The right to receive compensation for ...
Strana 69
... proposition . " In the fourth paragraph of the same article the words " and referendum " should be stricken out as inapplicable . Next , the word " article " is substituted for " section " in the same paragraph . " " ART . 79. The word ...
... proposition . " In the fourth paragraph of the same article the words " and referendum " should be stricken out as inapplicable . Next , the word " article " is substituted for " section " in the same paragraph . " " ART . 79. The word ...
Strana 79
... proposition giving the Legislature that power . Mr. GARLAND of Somerville : As a member of the Committee on Rearrangement I feel that I ought to state the views which led me to dissent from the member from Fall River and agree with the ...
... proposition giving the Legislature that power . Mr. GARLAND of Somerville : As a member of the Committee on Rearrangement I feel that I ought to state the views which led me to dissent from the member from Fall River and agree with the ...
Strana 82
... propositions therein contained by sections . If that is not true , I wish the President to correct my statement . I believe ... proposition in document No. 2 without having time to go through the three documents , let alone going through ...
... propositions therein contained by sections . If that is not true , I wish the President to correct my statement . I believe ... proposition in document No. 2 without having time to go through the three documents , let alone going through ...
Strana 114
... proposition to pay 60 men $ 1,000 apiece for doing two months ' work . We all realize that the expense of this Commonwealth is increasing . We all know , as the report on the high cost of living said ten years ago , that the increased ...
... proposition to pay 60 men $ 1,000 apiece for doing two months ' work . We all realize that the expense of this Commonwealth is increasing . We all know , as the report on the high cost of living said ten years ago , that the increased ...
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adjourn adopted aforesaid annulled anti-aid amendment anti-aid measure Applause appointed appropriations Article of Amendment Attorney-General ballot believe biennial elections bill Brockton Brookline Chair CHAIRMAN committee on Rules commonwealth Commonwealth of Massachusetts compensation compulsory voting constitutional amendment Constitutional Convention council debate delegates district Dukes County duty existing Constitution gentleman from Boston governor Haverhill Holyoke house of representatives initiative and referendum initiative petition judges labor legislative Legislature lieutenant-governor Lomasney LUCE of Waltham majority Massachusetts matter meas ment Middleborough mittee motion move November opinion person PILLSBURY point of order present presiding officer previous question proposed amendment proposition query rearranged Constitution reason recess committee reconsideration rejected resolution roll-call Rules and Procedure secretary senate Sergeant-at-Arms session signatures stitution submitted substitute Supreme Judicial Court taxation thereof tion town vacancies vention vote voters Wednesday in January Whole words
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Strana 7 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property, and character that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws, and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial, and independent as the lot of humanity will admit.
Strana 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.
Strana 7 - A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to those of piety, justice, moderation, temperance, industry and frugality, are absolutely necessary to preserve the advantages of liberty, and to maintain a free government.
Strana 39 - A body politic," as aptly defined in the preamble of the Constitution of Massachusetts, "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.
Strana 88 - 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 of sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.
Strana 88 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Strana 89 - Every subject has a right to be secure from all unreasonable searches, and seizures, of his person, his houses, his papers, and all his possessions. All warrants, therefore, are contrary to this right, if the cause or foundation of them be not previously supported by oath or affirmation...
Strana 39 - 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...
Strana 48 - And while the public charges of government, or any part thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto been practised, in order that such assessments may be made with equality, there shall be a valuation of estates within the commonwealth, taken anew once in every ten years at least, and as much oftener as the general court shall order.
Strana 39 - His providence, an opportunity, deliberately and peacefully, without fraud, violence, or surprise, of entering into an original, explicit, and solemn compact with each other; and of forming a new constitution of civil government, for ourselves and posterity; and devoutly imploring His direction in so interesting a design, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree with each other, to form ourselves into a free, sovereign, and independent body politic, or state, by the name of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts...