Considerations on the Choice of Public Rulers: On the Extent of Their Powers; and on the Best Means of Securing the Advantages, and Reforming the Abuses, of Popular ElectionsHopkins & Seymour, 1805 - 156 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 64
... wardens , and jury - men , to elect one of the se- nators , or wardens , to be baillie of the town , or chief magistrate . To form the judicial power , the ward - voters in each province , voting in their respective wards , to elect a ...
... wardens , and jury - men , to elect one of the se- nators , or wardens , to be baillie of the town , or chief magistrate . To form the judicial power , the ward - voters in each province , voting in their respective wards , to elect a ...
الصفحة 65
... wardens and jury - men of the district to attend ; a certain number of war- dens , and a certain number of jury - men , to be in each jury , all chosen by lot . These juries to determine in all matters , whether of a civil or criminal ...
... wardens and jury - men of the district to attend ; a certain number of war- dens , and a certain number of jury - men , to be in each jury , all chosen by lot . These juries to determine in all matters , whether of a civil or criminal ...
الصفحة 66
... wardens , and six jury - men , chosen by lot after the cause comes on . Appeals may be allowed from this to any adjoining provincial court , for large sums , the persons appealing to name two courts , and the defender to choose one of ...
... wardens , and six jury - men , chosen by lot after the cause comes on . Appeals may be allowed from this to any adjoining provincial court , for large sums , the persons appealing to name two courts , and the defender to choose one of ...
الصفحة 71
... do . For although there is a minority in many wards , when these votes are added to great majorities in other wards , they may make up a majority of the whole ward - voters , or of the wardens - and jury - men in the nation . The 71.
... do . For although there is a minority in many wards , when these votes are added to great majorities in other wards , they may make up a majority of the whole ward - voters , or of the wardens - and jury - men in the nation . The 71.
الصفحة 73
... wardens , and jury - men , of two or more adjoining provinces , should elect the ge- nerals of brigades . And this method may be adopted for electing other public officers , whose sphere of action is local , and whose conduct can be ...
... wardens , and jury - men , of two or more adjoining provinces , should elect the ge- nerals of brigades . And this method may be adopted for electing other public officers , whose sphere of action is local , and whose conduct can be ...
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الصفحة 57 - ... such persons with the magistracy, or even with the right of voting. " Would it not be prudent, and give greater steadiness and respectability to national deliberations, if none were allowed to hold any magistracy, or to vote for any public officer, until they were forty years of age ? Such a regulation would very much lessen the number of voters without injuring the...
الصفحة 58 - Would it not be prudent, and give greater steadiness and respectability to national deliberations, if none were allowed to hold any magistracy, or to vote for any public officer, until they were forty years of age ? Such a regulation would very much lessen the number of voters, without injuring the rights of any class, and would put the magistracy, the election and control of public agents, and the judging and voting on laws, into the hands of men, who from having cooler pa*w>n(, and more experience,...
الصفحة 57 - As there are so many instances of young persons, who, in a few years after their majority, spend their fortunes and ruin their health, from the want of experience, and from the violence of their passions, their own interest being an insufficient check to prevent them, nothing can appear more imprudent than to entrust such persons with the magistracy, or even with the right of voting.
الصفحة 59 - Every three hundred of these, living most contiguous, to form a w«rd, and to meet in a church, or some other convenient place, on a certain day annually, to elect two provincial senators, and one ware'en or judge for the ward.
الصفحة 50 - But by the constitution which was formed for the bank, the directors are not only elected annually, but they are liable to be superseded at any time by their constituents, and each director is liable individually, for every act which he has not protested against which the members of congress are not.
الصفحة 51 - ... congress with power over the property of the nation; yet the American legislators did not think it prudent to allow the directors of the bank any absolute power whatever.