| Robert Walsh - 1819 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...such civil laws," &c. " as they or the greater part of them should by free consent agree unto," " to be conformable to the laws of England so far as the nature and constitution of the place would admit." Pursuant to Ihis charter, in May 1647, a form of government and a body of laws were agreed... | |
| 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 682
...that the said laws, constitutions and punishments for the civil government of the said plantations, be conformable to the laws of England, so far as the nature and constitution of that place will admit." The powers conferred by this charter, are exceedingly ample. No form of government... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1832 - عدد الصفحات: 384
...that the said laws, constitutions, and punishments, for the civil government of the said plantations, be conformable to the laws of England, so far as the nature and constitution of the place will admit. And always reserving to the said earl, and -commissioners, and their successors, power and authority... | |
| James Davis Knowles - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 462
...that the said laws, constitutions, and punishments, for the civil government of the said Plantation, be conformable to the laws of England, so far as the nature and constitution of the place will admit, yet always reserving to the aforesaid General Assembly, power and authority so to dispose the general... | |
| John Pitman - 1836 - عدد الصفحات: 88
...saw fit, with but one wholesome restriction, that "said laws, constitutions, and punishments, should be conformable to the laws of England, so far as the nature and constitution of the place would admit." 43 It has boon objected that this charter, procured by Roger Williams, contained no clause... | |
| William Giles Goddard - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 88
...of civil government as by voluntary consent of all or the greatest part of them, shall be found most serviceable in their estates and condition" — provided...the first session of the first General Assembly of Rhode-Island was held at Portsmouth. Warwick was then admitted into the association, with the same... | |
| John Callender, Romeo Elton - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 282
...that the said laws, constitutions and punishments, for the civil government of the said plantation, be conformable to the laws of England, so far as the nature arid constitution of that place will admit ; and always reserving to the said Earl and Commissioners,... | |
| Benjamin Franklin Hallett - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 84
...laws and constitutions as they, or the greatest part of them, shall by free consent agree unto — conformable to the laws of England so far as the nature and constitution of the placo will admit, reserving the final controlling power to the grantors. [See Charters of Rhode Island,... | |
| Massachusetts. Attorney General's Office - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...the said laws, constitutions, and 9 punishments, for the civil government of the said plantations, 10 be conformable to the laws of England, so far as the nature 11 and constitution of the place will admit. And always reserv12 ing to the said Earl, and commissioners,... | |
| John Codman Hurd - 1858 - عدد الصفحات: 678
...part of them, they shall find most suitable, ic. Provided nevertheless that the said laws, &c., &c., be conformable to the laws of England, so far as the...nature and Constitution of the place will admit," (Records of the Col. edited by JR Bartlett, 1856, vol. I. p. 143, 156.) But the persons who acted as... | |
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