Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State Convention, Assembled May 4th, 1853, to Revise and Amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 2White & Potter, printers, 1853 - 2631 pages |
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... inhabitants , more than twice the number she has got to - day . Does any body believe that there is room enough to pack them within the present limits of the city of Boston ? In 1900 , the time when the gentleman finds that one - half ...
... inhabitants , more than twice the number she has got to - day . Does any body believe that there is room enough to pack them within the present limits of the city of Boston ? In 1900 , the time when the gentleman finds that one - half ...
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... inhabitants was not so much entitled to one hundred representatives as a town of one thousand inhabitants was entitled to one . I agree with the gentleman there . The mistake is in attempting to give representation to the town itself ...
... inhabitants was not so much entitled to one hundred representatives as a town of one thousand inhabitants was entitled to one . I agree with the gentleman there . The mistake is in attempting to give representation to the town itself ...
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... inhabitants of the age of twenty - one years are competent to act for themselves , and here you give them , by common consent , a potential voice in public affairs , and they speak for the rest . Now let us suppose that this class of ...
... inhabitants of the age of twenty - one years are competent to act for themselves , and here you give them , by common consent , a potential voice in public affairs , and they speak for the rest . Now let us suppose that this class of ...
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... inhabitants . 2. All towns and cities in the Commonwealth , containing from one thousand to five thousand inhabitants , shall be entitled to elect one Repre- sentative annually . All the towns or cities in the Commonwealth containing ...
... inhabitants . 2. All towns and cities in the Commonwealth , containing from one thousand to five thousand inhabitants , shall be entitled to elect one Repre- sentative annually . All the towns or cities in the Commonwealth containing ...
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... inhabitants , shall be entitled to elect eight Representatives annually . 10. Every town or city containing from forty- eight to sixty thousand inhabitants , shall be entitled to elect nine Representatives annually . 11. Every town or ...
... inhabitants , shall be entitled to elect eight Representatives annually . 10. Every town or city containing from forty- eight to sixty thousand inhabitants , shall be entitled to elect nine Representatives annually . 11. Every town or ...
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