The Revision and Amendment of State ConstitutionsJohns Hopkins Press, 1910 - 350 pagini |
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Pagina 4
... favor of a continuance of government by the congress . Petitions from a number of towns were pre- sented against the taking - up of government , and several members of the house also protested against this action . " Portsmouth ...
... favor of a continuance of government by the congress . Petitions from a number of towns were pre- sented against the taking - up of government , and several members of the house also protested against this action . " Portsmouth ...
Pagina 11
... favor of a submission , and in one quarter at least objection was made to the resolution of the provincial congress in May , 1776 , providing for a 25 Journals of the provincial congress of New York , i , 462. Becker ( History of ...
... favor of a submission , and in one quarter at least objection was made to the resolution of the provincial congress in May , 1776 , providing for a 25 Journals of the provincial congress of New York , i , 462. Becker ( History of ...
Pagina 20
... favor of the convention's exercising the power without specific authority from the people . He says the convention was not an ordi- nary legislature , but a revolutionary body deriving its power directly from the people . " It was the ...
... favor of the convention's exercising the power without specific authority from the people . He says the convention was not an ordi- nary legislature , but a revolutionary body deriving its power directly from the people . " It was the ...
Pagina 28
... favor a revision the General Court was to call a convention for that purpose . The New Hampshire constitution of 1784 was the first to contain the specific requirement not only of a separate con- vention for constitutional action , but ...
... favor a revision the General Court was to call a convention for that purpose . The New Hampshire constitution of 1784 was the first to contain the specific requirement not only of a separate con- vention for constitutional action , but ...
Pagina 36
... favor of its assembly . " Yet the council concluded that redress could not be expected ; none but the legislature , whose in- terest it would be to withhold it , being competent to give it . " The legislature was supreme , and the ...
... favor of its assembly . " Yet the council concluded that redress could not be expected ; none but the legislature , whose in- terest it would be to withhold it , being competent to give it . " The legislature was supreme , and the ...
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The Revision and Amendment of State Constitutions Walter Fairleigh Dodd Previzualizare limitată - 1999 |
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Pagina 141 - ... and if, in the Legislature so next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each House, 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 as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Pagina 27 - And whose duty it shall be to enquire whether the Constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised other or greater powers than they are intitled to by the constitution...
Pagina 4 - ... establish such a form of government as, in their judgment, will best produce the happiness of the people, and most effectually secure peace and good order in the province, during the continuance of the present dispute between Great Britain and the colonies.
Pagina 209 - Assembly, to the qualified voters of the State for adoption or rejection. The votes cast for and against said proposed amendment, or amendments, severally, shall be returned to the Governor, in the manner prescribed in other cases, and if it shall appear to the Governor that a majority of the votes cast at said election on said amendment, or amendments, severally, were cast in favor thereof...
Pagina 170 - ... have no power to give or lend the credit of the State in aid of any person, association or corporation, except to aid in the completion of such Railroads as may be unfinished at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, or in which the State has a direct pecuniary interest, unless the subject be submitted, to a direct vote of the people of the State, and be approved by a majority of those who shall vote thereon.
Pagina 235 - ... electors who voted at such election upon the proposed amendments voted in favor of the same, such amendments shall be valid to all intents and purposes as parts of this Constitution. The result of such election shall be made known by proclamation of the Governor.
Pagina 155 - He may, on extraordinary occasions, convene the Legislature by proclamation, stating the purposes for which he has convened it, and when so convened it shall have no power to legislate on any subjects other than those specified in the proclamation, but may provide for the expenses of the session and other matters incidental thereto.
Pagina 125 - Assembly, and be published with the laws which may have been passed at the same session; and if two-thirds of each House, at the next session of said Assembly, shall approve the amendments proposed, by yeas and nays, said amendments shall, by the Secretary, be transmitted to the town clerk in each town in...
Pagina 2 - And no act. Law or Ordinance, whatsoever, shall at any Time hereafter be made or done to alter. Change or Diminish the form or effect of this Charter, or of any part or Clause therein, Contrary to the true Intent and meaning thereof, without the Consent of the Govr for the time being, and Six parts of Seven of the Assembly mett.
Pagina 168 - ... a true copy of the title and text of each measure to be submitted, with the number and form in which the ballot title thereof will be printed in the official ballot.