 | Zadock Thompson - 1842 - 670 σελίδες
...government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised other or greater powers than they are entitled to...persons, papers, and records ; — they shall have authority to pass public censures, to order impeachments, and to recommend to the legislature the repealing... | |
 | 1842 - 492 σελίδες
...government ** had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed " to themselves, or exercised other or greater 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... | |
 | Vermont. Council of Censors - 1842 - 38 σελίδες
...government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves or exercised other or greater powers than they are entitled to by the constitution ; whether the public taxes have been justly laid and collected in all parts of the state ; in what... | |
 | Grenville Mellen - 1843 - 866 σελίδες
...their duty as guardians of the people ; whether the public ta.res have been justly laid and collected ; in what manner the public moneys have been disposed...of; and whether the laws have been duly executed. MASSACHUSETTS. The constitution of this state was formed in 1780, and amended in 1821. The legislative... | |
 | Vermont constitutional convention, 1843 - 1843 - 100 σελίδες
...government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves or exercised other or greater powers than they are entitled to by the Constitution ; whether the public taxes have been justly laid and collected in all parts of the State ; in what... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1846 - 410 σελίδες
...their duty as guardians of the people ; whether the public taxes have been justly laid and collected ; in what manner the public moneys have been disposed...of ; and whether the laws have been duly executed. The council has also power to call a state convention to amend the constitution. MASSACHUSETTS. The... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 σελίδες
...Government have performed their duty, as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised other or greater powers than they are entitled to...for persons, papers, and records : they shall have authority to pass public censures, to order impeach ments, and to recommend to the Legislature the... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1848 - 304 σελίδες
...performed their duties as guardians of the people ; whether the public taxes have been justly laid ; in what manner the public moneys have been disposed...of ; and whether the laws have been duly executed. The council has also power to call a state convention to amend the constitution. MASSACHUSETTS. The... | |
 | Daniel Chipman - 1849 - 236 σελίδες
...government have performed their duty as guardians of the people ; or assumed to themselves, or exercised, other or greater powers, than they are entitled to by the constitution. They are also to enquire whether the public taxes have been justly laid and collected, in all parts of this Commonwealth—in... | |
 | Daniel Chipman - 1849 - 234 σελίδες
...than they are entitled to by the constitution. They are also to enquire whether the public taxes kave been justly laid and collected, in all parts of this Commonwealth — in what manner the public monies have been disposed of, and whether the laws have been duly executed. For these purposes they... | |
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... 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 of... 
