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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... hereafter be guaranteed , and no person shall be denied any civil or political right or privilege on account of his opinions concerning religion , but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with ...
... hereafter be guaranteed , and no person shall be denied any civil or political right or privilege on account of his opinions concerning religion , but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be construed to dispense with ...
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... hereafter be appropriated for sale , rental , distribution or other beneficial use and the right of way over the lands of others , for all dithes , drains , flumes , canals and acque- ducts , necessarily used in connection therewith ...
... hereafter be appropriated for sale , rental , distribution or other beneficial use and the right of way over the lands of others , for all dithes , drains , flumes , canals and acque- ducts , necessarily used in connection therewith ...
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... hereafter may be , elective by the people and upon all questions which may be submitted to the vote of the people : First , he shall be a citizen of the United States ; second , he shall have resided in this State one year immediately ...
... hereafter may be , elective by the people and upon all questions which may be submitted to the vote of the people : First , he shall be a citizen of the United States ; second , he shall have resided in this State one year immediately ...
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... hereafter created . SEC . 12. Upon all questions submitted to the vote of the tax - payers of the State , or any political division thereof , women who are tax - payers and possessed of the qualifica- tions for the right of suffrage ...
... hereafter created . SEC . 12. Upon all questions submitted to the vote of the tax - payers of the State , or any political division thereof , women who are tax - payers and possessed of the qualifica- tions for the right of suffrage ...
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... hereafter be granted , to the State by the general government , known as school lands ; and those granted in lieu of such ; lands acquired by gift or grant from any person or corporation under any law or grant of the general government ...
... hereafter be granted , to the State by the general government , known as school lands ; and those granted in lieu of such ; lands acquired by gift or grant from any person or corporation under any law or grant of the general government ...
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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.