The Referendum in America: Together with Some Chapters on the Initiative and the RecallC. Scribner, 1911 - 533 páginas |
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... town - meeting in the New England Colonies , his philosophy needing little sup- port drawn from the world about him . Representative government with him was an evil , neces- sary sometimes no doubt , but only to be tolerated , —never to ...
... town - meeting in the New England Colonies , his philosophy needing little sup- port drawn from the world about him . Representative government with him was an evil , neces- sary sometimes no doubt , but only to be tolerated , —never to ...
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... town meetings , and at the local polling places . Very few changes were made in the original frame in those days from September 16 , when the Convention resumed its debates , to September 28 , when Benjamin Franklin and the other ...
... town meetings , and at the local polling places . Very few changes were made in the original frame in those days from September 16 , when the Convention resumed its debates , to September 28 , when Benjamin Franklin and the other ...
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... town and county meetings in Massachusetts , adopting Mr. Turgot's ideas , condemning my Constitution , reprobating the office of governor , and the assembly of the Senate , as expensive , useless and pernicious , and not only proposing ...
... town and county meetings in Massachusetts , adopting Mr. Turgot's ideas , condemning my Constitution , reprobating the office of governor , and the assembly of the Senate , as expensive , useless and pernicious , and not only proposing ...
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... town and county meetings in Massachusetts adopting Mr. Turgot's ideas , condemning my Constitution , reprobating the office of governor and the assembly of the senate as expensive , useless and pernicious , and not only proposing to ...
... town and county meetings in Massachusetts adopting Mr. Turgot's ideas , condemning my Constitution , reprobating the office of governor and the assembly of the senate as expensive , useless and pernicious , and not only proposing to ...
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... town meetings . The people rejected it because they were led to think that it had been prepared in an irregular way , that is , by the legislature rather than by a convention specially cho- sen for the work . Almost immediately ...
... town meetings . The people rejected it because they were led to think that it had been prepared in an irregular way , that is , by the legislature rather than by a convention specially cho- sen for the work . Almost immediately ...
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Página 138 - ... then it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time...
Página 195 - Federal constitution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vo.te of the people, and we favor direct legislation wherever practicable.
Página 138 - Assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature then next to be chosen, and shall be published for three months next preceding the time of making such choice.
Página 333 - ... in harmony with and subject to the Constitution and laws of the State.
Página 431 - Under such general laws, the electors of each city and village shall have power and authority to frame, adopt and amend its charter...
Página 430 - Corporations may be formed under general laws, but shall not be created by the Legislative Assembly by special laws. The Legislative Assembly shall not enact, amend or repeal any charter or act of incorporation for any municipality, city or town.
Página 103 - ... election shall have voted for a convention, the legislature shall at the next session provide by law for calling the same; and such convention shall consist of a number of members, not less than double that of the most numerous branch of the legislature.
Página 182 - Indian descent not members of any tribe ; provided, that the legislature may at any time extend by law the right of suffrage to persons not herein enumerated ; but no such law shall be in force until the same shall have been submitted to a vote of the people at a general election and approved by a majority of all the votes cast at such election...
Página 130 - No convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to revise, amend or change this Constitution, unless by the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members of each House of the General Assembly. The representation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable.
Página 197 - One of the settled maxims in constitutional law is that the power conferred upon the legislature to make laws cannot be delegated by that department to any other body or authority. Where the sovereign power of the state has located the authority, there it must remain; and by the constitutional agency alone the laws must be made until the Constitution itself is changed.