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Council to exercise the power of governor when office of governor
and lieutenant-governor is vacant,

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eight districts to be formed, each composed of five contiguous
senatorial districts,

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eligible to election if an inhabitant of state for five years pre-
ceding election,

term of office,
vacancy to be filled by election of a resident of the district by
concurrent vote of the senate and house; if legislature is
not in session, to be filled by governor with advice of
council,

Court, superior, judges not to hold certain other offices,
Court, supreme judicial, judges to have honorable salaries fixed
by standing laws, and to hold office during good be-
havior,

to give opinions upon important questions of law, etc., when
required by either branch of the legislature or by the
governor and council,

Courts, clerks of, elected by the people of the several counties,
Courts, probate, provisions for holding, .

registers elected by the people of the several counties,
Courts and judicatories may be established by the general court,
may administer oaths or affirmations,

Crimes and offences, prosecutions for, regulated,
Crimes to be proved in the vicinity of where they happen,

D.

Debate, freedom of, in the legislature,

Declaration of the rights of the inhabitants,
Declaration and oaths of officers; tests abolished,

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Delegates to congress,

Departments, legislative, executive and judicial, to be kept separate,
District attorneys, elected by the people of the several districts,
Districts, councillor, eight, each to be composed of five contiguous
senatorial districts,

Districts, senatorial, forty, to be of adjacent territory, and to con-
tain as near as may be an equal number of voters,
Districts, representative, to be established by commissioners in the
several counties,

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E.

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Elections, by the people, of civil officers provided for by the consti-
tution, to be by plurality of votes,

Election of civil officers, meeting to be held annually on the first
Tuesday next after the first Monday in November,
in case of failure to elect representative, meeting to be held
on fourth Monday of November,

Estates, valuation to be taken anew once at least every ten years,
Executive department, not to exercise legislative or judicial powers,
Ex post facto laws, declared unjust and oppressive, .

F.

Felony and treason, no subject to be declared guilty of, by the legis-

Freedom of speech and debate in the legislature,

Freehold, possession of, not required as qualification for seat in the
general court or council,

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Fundamental principles of the constitution, a frequent recurrence to,
recommended,

General court, to assemble frequently for redress of grievances, and
for making laws,

not to declare any subject to be guilty of treason or felony.
formed by two branches, a senate and house of representatives,
each having a negative on the other,

to assemble every year on the first Wednesday of January, at
such other times as they shall judge necessary, and when-
ever called by the governor with the advice of council, 10, 18, 36
may constitute and erect judicatories and courts. .
10, 11
may make wholesome and reasonable laws and ordinances not
repugnant to the constitution,

may provide for the election or appointment of officers, and
prescribe their duties,

may impose taxes, etc., to be used for the public service,

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General court, to be dissolved on the day next preceding the first

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may be adjourned or prorogued, upon its request, by the gov-
ernor with advice of council,

session may be directed by governor, with advice of council,
to be held in other than the usual place in case of an infec-
tious distemper prevailing,

judicial officers may be removed upon address of,
person convicted of bribery not to hold seat in,
may increase property qualifications of persons to be elected
to office,

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certain officers not to have seats in,

may be prorogued by governor and council for ninety days,
if houses disagree, etc.,

to elect major-generals by concurrent vote,
empowered to charter cities,

to determine election of governor, lieutenant-governor and
councillors,

to prescribe by law for election of sheriffs, registers of probate
and commissioners of insolvency by the people of the
counties, and district attorneys by the people of the
districts,

Government by the people, as a free, sovereign and independent
state,
Governor, the supreme executive magistrate, styled,-The Gover-
nor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; with the
title of,-His Excellency; elected annually,
qualifications,-to have been an inhabitant of the state for
seven years, and have freehold of £1,000 value,
term of office,

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the commander-in-chief, of the army and navy, but may not
oblige them to go out of the limits of the state,

not to hold certain other offices,

to take oaths of office before president of the senate in pres-

ence of the two houses of assembly,

election determined by the legislature,

vacancy in office of, powers to be exercised by the lieutenant-

vacancy in office of governor and lieutenant-governor, powers
to be exercised by the council,

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Governor, with advice of council, may adjourn or prorogue the

legislature upon request, and convene the same,

may adjourn or prorogue the legislature for not exceeding
ninety days when houses disagree, or may direct session
to be held in other than the usual place in case of an in-
fectious distemper prevailing,

to appoint all judicial officers, notaries public and coroners;
nominations to be made at least seven days before
appointment,

to appoint officers of the continental army,
may pardon offences, but not before conviction,
may fill vacancy in council occurring when legislature is not
in session, .

with consent of council, may remove judicial officers, upon
the address of both houses of the legislature,

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Governor and council, to examine election returns, .
may punish persons guilty of disrespect, etc., by imprison-
ment not exceeding thirty days,
quorum to consist of governor and at least five members
of the council,
may require the attendance of the secretary of the common-
wealth in person or by deputy, .

Habeas corpus, privilege of writ to be enjoyed in the most ample
manner, and not to be suspended by legislature except
upon most urgent occasions,

Harvard College, powers and privileges, gifts, grants and convey-
ances confirmed,
board of overseers established. but the government of the
college may be altered by legislature,

officers may be elected members of the general court,
Hereditary offices and privileges, absurd and unnatural,
House of Representatives, members may be instructed by the people,
a representation of the people annually elected and founded
upon the principle of equality, .

may impose fines upon towns not choosing members,
expense of travel once every session each way, to be paid by
the government,

to enter objections made by governor to a bill or resolve at
large upon records,
qualifications of members,

must be an inhabitant of district for one year preceding elec-
tion, and shall cease to be a member when ceasing to be
an inhabitant of the state, .

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House of Representatives, members not to be arrested on mesne
process during going to, return from, or attending the
general assembly, .

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the grand inquest of the commonwealth,

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17

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to originate all money bills, but the senate may propose or
concur with amendments, ..

not to adjourn more than two days at a time,
one hundred members constitute a quorum,

to choose officers, establish its rules, etc.,

may punish by imprisonment, not exceeding thirty days, per-
sons guilty of disrespect, etc.; trial may be by com-
mittee,

privileges of members.

may require the attendance of secretary of the commonwealth
in person or by deputy,.

may require the opinions of the justices of the supreme judi-
cial court upon important questions of law, and upon
solemn occasions,

meeting for election to be held on the Tuesday next after the
first Monday of November, .
in case of failure to elect, meeting to be held on the fourth
Monday of November, .

to consist of two hundred and forty members, apportioned
to the several counties equally, according to relative
numbers of legal voters, .

commissioners to divide counties into representative districts
of contiguous territory, but no town or ward of a city to
be divided, . .

no district entitled to elect more than three represents-
tives, ..

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board authorized to divide county into districts, to be certi-
fied to by the secretary, the number of representatives to
which the county is entitled,

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I.

Impeachments, by the house of representatives, to be tried by the
senate; limitation of sentence; party convicted liable to
indictment..

Incompatible offices.

** Inhabitant," the word defined.

Inhabitants, census to be taken in 1865, and every tenth year there-

after..

counties.

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Insolvency, commissioners of, elected by the people of the several

Instruction of representatives,