eleemosynary corporation, or society, shall be free from taxation, while the same continues to be owned by such corporation, or society. "Eighth. No laws shall be passed in the proposed State, with regard to taxes, actions, or remedies at law, or bars, or limitations thereof, or otherwise making any distinction between the lands and rights of property of proprietors not resident in, or not citizens of the proposed State, and the lands and rights of property of the citizens of said proposed State, resident therein; and the rights and liabilities of all persons, shall, after the said separation, continue the same as if the said District was still a part of this Commonwealth, in all suits pending, or judgments remaining unsatisfied on the fifteenth day of March next, where the suits have been commenced in Massachusetts Proper, and process has been served within the District of Maine; or commenced in the District of Maine, and process has been served in Massachusetts Proper, either by taking bail, making attachments, arresting and detaining persons, or otherwise, where execution remains to be done; and in such suits, the Courts within Massachusetts Proper, and within the proposed State, shall continue to have the same jurisdiction as if the said District had still remained a part of the Commonwealth. And this Commonwealth shall have the same remedies within the proposed State, as it now has, for the collection of all taxes, bonds or debts, which may be assessed, due, made, or contracted, by, to, or with the Commonwealth, on or before the said fifteenth day of March, within the said District of Maine; and all officers within Massachusetts Proper and the District of Maine shall conduct themselves accordingly. "Ninth. These terms and conditions, as here set forth, when the said District shall become a separate and independent State, shall, ipso facto be incorporated into, and become and be a part of any Constitution, provisional or other, under which the Government of the said proposed State, shall, at any time hereafter be administered; subject however, to be modified, or annulled by the agreement of the Legislature of both the said States; but by no other power or body whatsoever." SEC. 6. This Constitution shall be enrolled on parchment, deposited in the Secretary's Office, and be the supreme law of the State, and printed copies thereof shall be prefixed to the books containing the laws of this State. RULES AND ORDERS. DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE SPEAKER. 1. The Speaker shall take the Chair every day at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned; shall call the members to order; and on the appearance of a quorum shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read. 2. He shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House, on motion regularly seconded; and may vote in all cases. 3. He shall declare all votes; but if any member doubt the vote, the Speaker shall order a return of the House, with the number voting for and against the question, and declare the result. 4. He shall rise to put a question, or to address the House, but may read sitting. 5. When the House shall determine to go into a committee of the whole House, the Speaker shall appoint the member who shall take the Chair. 6. When any member shall demand a question to be determined by yeas and nays, the Speaker shall take the sense of the House in that manner, provided one fifth of the members present are in favor of it. 7. He shall propound all questions in the order they were moved, unless the subsequent motion be previous |