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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... resolve the word " three " and insert " one ; " and to strike out after the word “ qualified " the following : " But they shall be eligible for re - election , excepting that the adjutant - general shall hold his office for such term as ...
... resolve the word " three " and insert " one ; " and to strike out after the word “ qualified " the following : " But they shall be eligible for re - election , excepting that the adjutant - general shall hold his office for such term as ...
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... resolve . It seems to me that , if the subject of the militia is to be em- bodied in the Constitution at all , so much of that organization as is covered by this article could not be better expressed , nor more safely limited than it is ...
... resolve . It seems to me that , if the subject of the militia is to be em- bodied in the Constitution at all , so much of that organization as is covered by this article could not be better expressed , nor more safely limited than it is ...
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... resolve ought to pass as a whole ; and at some future time in Convention , the gentleman can renew his amendment and we can have a vote upon it in a full house . I there- fore move that the Committee rise , and report the WALKER ...
... resolve ought to pass as a whole ; and at some future time in Convention , the gentleman can renew his amendment and we can have a vote upon it in a full house . I there- fore move that the Committee rise , and report the WALKER ...
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... resolve in relation to the title of " His Excellency , " reported from the Committee on so much of the Constitution as relates to the Governor , said resolve being upon its second reading . " Answer of the Whig Members of the ...
... resolve in relation to the title of " His Excellency , " reported from the Committee on so much of the Constitution as relates to the Governor , said resolve being upon its second reading . " Answer of the Whig Members of the ...
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... resolve , and I wish gentlemen exactly to understand what they vote for , when they vote to strike out this resolve , and to let the Constitu- tion stand as it is . In the first place , the gentleman opposite , ( Mr. James , ) says he ...
... resolve , and I wish gentlemen exactly to understand what they vote for , when they vote to strike out this resolve , and to let the Constitu- tion stand as it is . In the first place , the gentleman opposite , ( Mr. James , ) says he ...
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