 | 1918 - 586 σελίδες
...preserved inyiolate in every part and whether the legislative and executive branches of the government had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or...themselves, or exercised other or greater powers than they were entitled to by the constitution." In this body he was a leading figure and on many important committees,... | |
 | Rodney Loomer Mott - 1925 - 420 σελίδες
...preserved inviolate in every part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or...powers than they are entitled to by the constitution." In the execution of this trust the council were necessarily led to a comparison of both the legislative... | |
 | Henry Steele Wardner - 1927 - 612 σελίδες
...Censors the duty of enquiring "whether the legislative and executive branches of government have . . . assumed to themselves or exercised other or greater...powers than they are entitled to by the Constitution." The same section empowered the Council of Censors to recommend to the legislature the repeal of laws... | |
 | Walter Fairleigh Dodd - 1928 - 640 σελίδες
...part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of the government have performed their duties as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves,...powers than they are entitled to by the constitution." The Pennsylvania council of censors had a short and inglorious career and was abolished in 1790. The... | |
 | James Benjamin Wilbur - 1928 - 580 σελίδες
...the proceedings of the legislative and executive branches of government, and examining whether they have performed their duty,' as guardians of the people,...themselves, or exercised, other or greater powers than they were entitled to by the Constitution, it affords us great pleasure to find matters of commendation,... | |
 | 1925 - 276 σελίδες
...part, and whether the legislative and executive branches of the government had performed their duties as guardians of the people or assumed to themselves or exercised other or greater powers than they were entitled to by the constitution, giving such Council the right to publicly censure and order impeachments... | |
 | Pan American Union - 1930 - 232 σελίδες
...whether the constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their...or exercised other or greater powers than they are intitled to by the constitution: They are also to enquire whether the public taxes have been justly... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1937 - 1042 σελίδες
...whether the constitution has been preserved inviolate in every fact, and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their...other or greater powers than they are entitled to under the constitution.' New York, under the constitution of 1777, had a council of revision with similar... | |
 | Illinois State Bar Association - 1917 - 690 σελίδες
...whether the constitution had been preserved inviolate in every part; and whether the legislature and executive branches of government have performed their...powers than they are entitled to by the constitution." Most of the State constitutions have provisions for calling conventions to consider changes, but it... | |
 | Chilton Williamson - 1949 - 364 σελίδες
...whether the Constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part, and whether the legisla-tive and executive branches of government have performed their...powers than they are entitled to by the Constitution." 26 In short, the Vermont Constitution, unlike New York's, was representative of the most advanced social... | |
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... to inquire, whether the constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part during the last septenary, including the year of their service, and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians... 
