Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution, 1764-1788: And the Formation of the Federal ConstitutionSamuel Eliot Morison |
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... Assembly , either from their own members or the people at large , to assist in the administration of government . They shall annually choose , out of their own members , a president , who , in case of death , inability , or absence of ...
... Assembly , either from their own members or the people at large , to assist in the administration of government . They shall annually choose , out of their own members , a president , who , in case of death , inability , or absence of ...
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... assembly appointing another in his stead . No man shall sit in Congress longer than two years successively , nor be capable of re - election for three years afterwards ; and no person who holds any office in the gift of the Congress ...
... assembly appointing another in his stead . No man shall sit in Congress longer than two years successively , nor be capable of re - election for three years afterwards ; and no person who holds any office in the gift of the Congress ...
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... Assembly shall cause complete lists of the taxable inhabitants in the city and each county in the Common- wealth respectively , to be taken and returned to them , on or before the last meeting of the assembly elected in the year 1778 ...
... Assembly shall cause complete lists of the taxable inhabitants in the city and each county in the Common- wealth respectively , to be taken and returned to them , on or before the last meeting of the assembly elected in the year 1778 ...
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