| Noah Webster - 1813 - 226 oldal
...children in the state have aecess to a sehool. Of the Constitution. By the constitution of Massachusctts, the legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives, denominated the General Court, whose annual session is held at Boston, on the lust Wednesday in May.... | |
| David Bailie Warden - 1819 - 658 oldal
...repugnant to the spirit of the constitution, were to remain in force, till altered by the legislature. The legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives, forming together the general assembly. The voters consist of every white male of twenty-one years,... | |
| John Talbot - 1820 - 476 oldal
...repugnant to the spirit of the constitution, were to remain in force, till altered by the legislature. The legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives, forming together the general assembly. The voters consist of everv white inale of twenty-one years,... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 oldal
...congregations. Besides these, there are Methodists, Episcopalians, Scotch Presbyterians, Moravians, &c. Government.'] The legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives. The number of senators cannot be less than one fourth, nor greater than one third of the number of representatives.... | |
| Sidney Edwards Morse - 1822 - 706 oldal
...congregations. Besides these, there are Methodists, Episcopalians, Scotch Presbyterians, Moravians, &c. Government.] The legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives. The number of senators cannot be less than one fourth, nor greater than one third of the number of representatives.... | |
| 1823 - 848 oldal
...imputation of drunkenness. Horse races, hunting, dancing, and ball-playing, are favourite amusements. The legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives. The senate consists of 43 members elected for four years, and renewed by halves. The representatives, 124 in number,... | |
| Henry Charles Carey, J. Lea - 1823 - 532 oldal
...the following December. It distributes the powers of government into three distinct departments:—I. The legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives, each having a negative upon the other, and both styled the legislature of Maine. The senate is elected... | |
| 1825 - 778 oldal
...dissolved by the provincial convention of 1775. Its present constitution was adopted in 1784. Tt»e legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives. The former consists of 13 members, chosen annually by citizens paying taxes ; the latter is composed of... | |
| John Melish - 1826 - 532 oldal
...Laws. — The present constitution was adopted in 1790, and is legislative, executive, and judiciary. The legislative power is vested in a senate and house of representatives, styled the General Assembly. The senators are elected by senatorial districts, and serve four years,... | |
| Conrad Malte-Brun - 1826 - 654 oldal
...people, especially those of German and Swedish origin, are not so well educated as the New Englanders. The legislative power is vested in a Senate and House of Representatives, elected by the whole male population of BOOK full age. The population of Pennsylvania in 1820 was ^^xx.... | |
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