Constitution of the State of Montana: As Adopted by the Constituitonal Convention Held at Helena, Montana, July 4 A.D. 1889, and Ending August 17, A.D. 1889 : and Also an Address to the PeopleIndependent Publishing Company, 1889 - 76 pages |
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... United States to exercise exclusive legislation as provided by the Constitution of the United States , over the military Reservations of Fort Assinaboine , Fort Custer , Fort Keogh , Fort Maginnis , Fort Missoula and Fort Shaw , as now ...
... United States to exercise exclusive legislation as provided by the Constitution of the United States , over the military Reservations of Fort Assinaboine , Fort Custer , Fort Keogh , Fort Maginnis , Fort Missoula and Fort Shaw , as now ...
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... United States . No person shall be required to attend any place of worship or support any ministry , religious sect or denomination , against his consent ; nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode ...
... United States . No person shall be required to attend any place of worship or support any ministry , religious sect or denomination , against his consent ; nor shall any preference be given by law to any religious denomination or mode ...
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... United States to provide for the sale or disposition of its mineral and other public lands . Sec . 26. The people shall have the right peaceably to assemble for the common good , and to apply to those invested with the powers of ...
... United States to provide for the sale or disposition of its mineral and other public lands . Sec . 26. The people shall have the right peaceably to assemble for the common good , and to apply to those invested with the powers of ...
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... United States , and who shall not ( for at least twelve months next preceding his election ) have resided within the county or district in which he shall be elected . SEC . 4 . The Legislative Assembly of this State , until otherwise ...
... United States , and who shall not ( for at least twelve months next preceding his election ) have resided within the county or district in which he shall be elected . SEC . 4 . The Legislative Assembly of this State , until otherwise ...
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... holding an office ( except Notary Public , or in the militia ) under the United States or this State , shall be a member of either house during his contin- uance in office . SEC . 8. No member of either house , shall STATE OF MONTANA . II.
... holding an office ( except Notary Public , or in the militia ) under the United States or this State , shall be a member of either house during his contin- uance in office . SEC . 8. No member of either house , shall STATE OF MONTANA . II.
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actions amendments appropriations approval ARTICLE Assembly shall provide asso Attorney authorized become a law bill Choteau civil Clerk company or corporation compensation constitution convention county commissioners county seat criminal debt deemed Deer Lodge district courts district judge dollars per annum duties elected and qualified elected or appointed entitled ernor Executive felony fixed by law franchise Governor granted habeas corpus hereafter hereby hold his office indebtedness judicial jurisdiction jury lative Legislative Assembly Lieutenant-Governor manner Missoula Montana Territory municipal oath otherwise provided person PLATT CARPENTER prescribed by law proceedings provided by law punishment purpose qualified electors railroad regulations resided respective school district seat of government Secretary SECTION sembly Senator session stitution submitted Supreme Court taxation taxes term of office Territory of Montana therein thereof thousand eight hundred tion town township Treasurer trict Union United unlawful detainer unless vacancy vote writs
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Page 48 - ... for as many persons as there are directors or managers to be elected, or to cumulate said shares, and give one candidate as many votes as the number of directors multiplied by the number of his shares of stock shall equal, or to distribute them on the same principle among as many candidates as he shall think fit; and such directors or managers shall not be elected in any other manner.
Page 24 - ... he shall return it with his objections to the House in which it originated, which House shall enter the objections at large upon its journal, and proceed to reconsider the bill.
Page 52 - The term corporations, as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all corporations shall have the right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued, in all courts in like cases as natural persons.
Page 7 - The powers of the government of this state are divided into three distinct departments — the legislative, executive and judicial— and no person, or collection of persons, charged with the exercise of powers properly belonging to one of these departments, shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as in this constitution expressly directed or permitted.
Page 50 - No foreign corporation shall do any business in this State without having one or more known places of business, and an authorized agent or agents in the same upon whom process may be served.
Page 41 - The General Assembly shall provide by law for a uniform and equal rate of assessment and taxation ; and shall prescribe such regulations as shall secure a just valuation for taxation of all property, both real and personal, excepting such only for municipal, educational, literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes, as may be specially exempted by law.
Page 36 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning, nor while kept at any almshouse or other asylum at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 12 - Every act shall embrace but one subject and matters properly connected therewith ; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 3 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, papers,, homes and effects, from unreasonable searches and seizures: and no warrant to search any place, or seize any person or thing, shall issue without describing the place to be searched, or the person or thing to be seized, as nearly as may be ; nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation reduced to writing.
Page 5 - ... a speedy public trial by an impartial jury of the county or district in which the offense is alleged to have been committed.