Public Documents of Massachusetts, Volume 1, Part 2Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1896 - Massachusetts |
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Page 18 - English in the latter part of the seventeenth century and the early part of the eighteenth as the Great Carrying Place because of its accessibility to Lakes George and Champlain.
Page 23 - Territory to which such person has fled, and produces a copy of an indictment found, or an affidavit made before a magistrate of any State or Territory, charging the person demanded with having committed treason, felony, or other crime, certified as authentic by the Governor or Chief Magistrate of the State or Territory from whence the person so charged has fled...
Page 5 - At twelve o'clock, meridian of the day following that on which proceedings are required to take place as aforesaid, the members of the two houses shall convene in joint assembly...
Page 25 - And whenever the public exigencies require, that the property of any individual should be appropriated to public uses, he shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor.
Page 5 - State in Congress, shall, on the second Tuesday after the meeting and organization thereof, proceed to elect a senator in Congress...
Page 76 - Such person shall not be detained for more than three days after having given notice in writing of his intention or desire to leave such institution.
Page 10 - It is the duty of this officer "to take such action as may be necessary to put the public records of the counties, cities, towns, churches, parishes or religious societies of the commonwealth in the custody and condition contemplated by the various laws relating to such records, and to secure their preservation.
Page 24 - Constitution, which declares, ' that full faith and credit shall be given in each State to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other State ; and the Congress may, by general laws, prescribe the manner in which acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.
Page xiii - No subject shall be held to answer for any crimes or offence, until the same is fully and plainly, substantially, and formally, described to him; or be compelled to accuse, or furnish evidence against himself.
Page 36 - The promotion of the interests of Individuals, either in respect of property or business, although it may result incidentally In the advancement of the public welfare, is, in its essential character, a private, and not a public, object. However certain and great the resulting good to the general public, it does not, by reason of its comparative importance, cease to be Incidental.