| John Howard Hinton - 1851 - 136 pages
...instructions in piety, religion, and morality: therefore, to promote their happiness, and secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of God, and... | |
| Mark Doolittle - 1852 - 296 pages
...instructions in piety, religion and morality, therefore to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people...their Legislature with power to authorize and require the several towns, parishes, precincts and other bodies politic or religious societies, to make suitable... | |
| Mark Doolittle - 1852 - 294 pages
...voluntarily." The requirements of the constitution above* are that the towns and parishes etc., sAaZZmake provision,. at their own expense, for the institution of the public worship of G»D, and for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality.... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Nathan Hale - 1853 - 700 pages
...instructions in piety, religion, and morality : Therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people...power to authorize and require, and the Legislature •hall from time to time authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1853 - 158 pages
...whose instructions they can conscientiously and conveniently attend. Provided notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting... | |
| Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 pages
...instructions they can conscientiously and conveniently attend : — Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting... | |
| 1855 - 576 pages
...instructions they can conscientiously and conveniently attend : — Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting... | |
| Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 pages
...of which I am aware, which touches on what has been familiarly called the Higl«er Law. " The people have a right to invest their legislature with power...several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies corporate and politie, and religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for... | |
| Jonathan French - 1857 - 594 pages
...institutions in piety, religion, and morality ; therefore, to promote their happiness, and to secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people...power to authorize and require, and the legislature •hall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other... | |
| George Edward Ellis - 1857 - 546 pages
...language of the Constitution upon this subject is explicit, as follows : ' Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and contracting with... | |
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