Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of MainePrinters to the State., 1871 Includes special sessions. |
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... Laws of the State , the members of the House of Representatives elect , convened in the Representa- tives ' Hall , and were called to order by the Clerk of the House for the year 1870 . Prayer by the Rev. Mr. MARTIN of Augusta . The ...
... Laws of the State , the members of the House of Representatives elect , convened in the Representa- tives ' Hall , and were called to order by the Clerk of the House for the year 1870 . Prayer by the Rev. Mr. MARTIN of Augusta . The ...
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... Law - the source of all human laws - ought to be sought and attained by all , but that it is ignored by most and known to few . Among the few who know it I have no claim to be counted ; but in the pursuit of its knowledge I shall be a ...
... Law - the source of all human laws - ought to be sought and attained by all , but that it is ignored by most and known to few . Among the few who know it I have no claim to be counted ; but in the pursuit of its knowledge I shall be a ...
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... laws of the State can be made to answer the State's necessities . It is important not only to have good laws , but that they be universally known and firmly established . Therefore it is wise to acquiesce in that policy which the people ...
... laws of the State can be made to answer the State's necessities . It is important not only to have good laws , but that they be universally known and firmly established . Therefore it is wise to acquiesce in that policy which the people ...
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... laws have been passed by all the States upon this subject , all intended to prevent or limit the sale . In many of these States the laws are very stringent against it . In two or three , a clause in their constitution forbids the ...
... laws have been passed by all the States upon this subject , all intended to prevent or limit the sale . In many of these States the laws are very stringent against it . In two or three , a clause in their constitution forbids the ...
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... law , where it is enforced , is , so far as I can judge , as effective in the suppression of the traffic as are our other crim- inal laws against the crimes they are intended to prevent . In a majority of counties the law appears to be ...
... law , where it is enforced , is , so far as I can judge , as effective in the suppression of the traffic as are our other crim- inal laws against the crimes they are intended to prevent . In a majority of counties the law appears to be ...
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Page 18 - ... the widows and orphans of those who lost their lives in the...
Page 51 - Ordered, that a joint select committee of three on the part of the senate, with such as the house may join, be appointed to consider the governor's message and report the reference of its several subjects to appropriate committees.
Page 105 - Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of...
Page 78 - Houses concerning the election of a Senator in the Congress of the United States for the term of six years from the fourth day of March next.
Page 130 - Resolved, That the committee on education be instructed to inquire into the expediency of providing by law for the...
Page 54 - I have stated, he was made the chairman of a committee of seven, on the part of the House, with such as the Council might join, " to consider and report a general plan of union of the several Colonies on this Continent, except those of Nova Scotia and Georgia.
Page 347 - an act to provide for the relinquishment to the United States in certain cases of title to lands for sites of light-stations on the coasts and waters of this State...
Page 78 - An act to regulate the time and manner of holding elections for Senators in Congress...
Page 84 - ... convene the legislature at any other time than that prescribed in the constitution, and that in case of invasion or danger from the prevalence of contagious diseases at the seat of government, he may in like manner convene it at any other suitable place within the state.
Page 242 - That the Committee on the Judiciary inquire into the expediency of so amending the judicial system of the United States, as that each and all the States may equally participate in its benefits.