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A Manual for the Use of the General Court Li M'm tm. Y\ X 1. FOND, President. 1. 53 ft n JF. a s tei-n Gallery. C7 6 Q 6 n Desk S-JlB'tffbrHs /.ittt. n 53 ft. Western. OaHery 6 6 6 T CwrawniMltli uf Pwtlptsttts. MANUAL FOKFOR THE USE OF THE NERAL COURT CONTAINING THE RULES AND ORDERS OF THE TWO BRANCHES, TOGETHER WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH, AND THAT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND A LIST OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT, STATE INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR OFFICERS, COUNTY OFFICERS, AND OTHER STATISTICAL INFORMATION. Prepared, pursuant to Orders of the Legislature, BY S. N. GIFFORD and WM. S. ROBINSON. BOSTON: WRIGHT & POTTER, STATE PRINTERS, No. 4 Spring Lane. 1866. Commottfocaltfj of fftassacfjusetts. In Senate, January 15, 1866. Ordered, That the Clerks of the two branches cause to be printed and bound in suitable form, two thousand copies of the Rules and Orders of the two branches, with lists of the several Standing and Special Committees, together with such other matter as has been prepared, in pursuance of an Order of the last legisla- ture. Sent down for concurrence. S. N. GIFFORD, Clerk: House of Representatives, January 16, 1866. Concurred. W. S. ROBINSON, Clerk. 7K» INDEX Page. Agricultural Library, 261 Almshouses, State, 149 Attorneys-General, since 1692, 127 Auditors, since 1849, 128 Board of Agriculture, 146 Board of Education, 147 Boston Athenaeum, 261 Census of Inhabitants in 1865, Legal Voters, in 1865, and Valuation of 1865, 113 Colleges of the Commonwealth, 150 Commissioners, 147 Committee Rooms, Assignment of, 258 Committees, Standing, of the Senate, 240 Standing, of the House, 254 Joint Standing, 242 Joint Special, 248, 251 Congressional Districts, .... ^ ... 99 Constitution of Massachusetts, 33 Constitution of the United States, 9 Council Districts, 104 Councillors, 192 County Officers, . 138 Court, Superior, 135 Supreme Judicial, • 135 Courts of Probate and of Insolvency, 135 4 Index. Page. District-Attorneys, 137 Executive Department, 192 Governors of Massachusetts, since 1620, .... 123 Hospital at Rainsford Island, 148 House of Representatives, list of members of, by Counties, . 203 List of Members of, alphabetical,ftheir districts and residences, 216 List of Members of, arranged by seats, . 233 Officers of, 237 Reporters of, 257 Speakers of, from 1780 to 1864, 130 Clerks of, from 1780 to 1864, 131 Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth, Massachusetts School for, 149 Insurance Commissioners, 147 Judiciary of Massachusetts, 133 Legislature, organization of, since 1780, .... 129 Length of sessions of, since 1832, .... 132 Lieutenant-Governors of Massachusetts, since 1692, . 125 Monitors of the House, 237 Pilots for Port of Boston, 147 Police Courts, 136 Population of the United States, according to the Censuses of 1830, '40, '50, and '60, 122 Representative Districts, 105 Rules and Orders of the Senate, 155 Of the House, 175 Joint, of the two branches, 167 Index.. Page. Secretaries of the Commonwealth, since 1780, . 126 Senate Districts, 101 Senate, list of Members of, with districts, residences, &c, . 196 List of Members of, alphabetical, .... 200 Arrangement of seats in, 199 Officers of, 202 Reporters of, . 257 Presidents of, from 1780 to 1864, . .129 Clerks of, from 1780 to 1864, . '. .130 Senators, United States, from Massachusetts, since 1789, . 126 State Charities, Board of, 147 State House, 284 State Industrial School for Girls, 149 State Library, 260 State Lunatic Hospitals, 148 State Prison, 149 State Reform School for Boys, 148 Towns and Post-Offices in Massachusetts, .... 264 Treasurers of the Commonwealth since 1780, . 127 U. S. Postal Regulations, Valuation of the Commonwealth, in 1865, . .113 Voters, Legal, in 1865, .113 CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION UNITED STATES ARTICLE I. Section 1. Legislative powers ; in whom vested. Sect. 2. House of Representatives, how and by whom chosen—Quali- fications of a Representative — Representatives and direct taxes, how apportioned—Census—Vacancies to be filled—Power of choosing officers, and of impeachment. Sect. 3. Senators, how and by whom chosen—How classified—State executive to make temporary appointments, in case, &c—Qualifications of a Senator—President of the Senate, his right to vote—President pro tern., and other officers of Senate, how chosen—Power to try impeach- ments—When President is tried, Chief Justice to preside—Sentence. Sect. 4. Times, &c, of holding elections, how prescribed—One session in each year. Sect. 5. Membership — Quorum — Adjournments—Rules — Power to punish or expel—Journal—Time of adjournments limited, unless, &c. Sect. 6. Compensation— Privileges—Disqualification in certain cases. Sect. 7. House to originate all revenue, bills—Veto—Bill may be passed by two-thirds of each house, notwithstanding, &c—Bill not returned in ten days—Provisions as to all orders, &c, except, &c. Sect. 8. Powers of Congress. Sect. 9. Provision as to migration or importation of certain persons —Habeas Corpus— Bills of Attainder, &c.,—Taxes how apportioned—No export duty—No commercial preferences—No money drawn from treas- ury, unless, &c.,—No titular nobility—Officers not to receive presents, unless, &c. Sect. 10. States prohibited from the exercise of certain powers. , 10 Constitution of the United States. ARTICLE II. Section 1. President; his term of office—Electors of President ; num- ber and how appointed—Electors to vote on same day—Qualification of President—On whom his duties devolve in case of his removal, death, &c,—President's compensation—His oath. Sect. 2. President to be commander-in-chief—He may require opinion of, &c, and may pardon—Treaty-making power—Nomination of certain officers —When President may fill vacancies. Sect. 3. President shall communicate to Congress—He may convene and adjourn Congress, in case, &c; shall receive ambassadors; execute laws, and commission officers. Sect. 4. All civil offices forfeited for certain crimes. ARTICLE III. Section 1. Judicial Power—Tenure—Compensation. Sect. 2. Judicial power; to what cases it extends—Original jurisdic- tion of supreme court—Appellate—Trial by jury, except, &c—Trial, where. Sect. 3. Treason defined—Proof of—Punishment of. ARTICLE IV. Section 1. Each State to give credit to the public acts, &c, of every other State. Sect. 2. Privileges of citizens of each State—Fugitives from justice to be delivered up—Persons held to service having escaped, to be delivered up. Sect. 3. Admission of new States—Power of Congress over territory and other property Sect. 4. Republican form of government guaranteed—Each State to be protected. ARTICLE V. Constitution; how amended—Proviso. ARTICLE VI. Certain debts, &c, adopted—Supremacy of Constitution, treaties, and laws of the United States—Oath to support Constitution, by whom taken—No religious test. ARTICLE Vn. What ratification shall establish Constitution. Constitution of the United States. 11 AMENDMENTS. I.—Religious establishment prohibited—Freedom of speech, of the press, and right to petition. II. —Right to keep and bear arms. Ill-—No soldier to be quartered in any house, unless, &c. IV.—Right of search and seizure regulated. V.—Provisions concerning prosecution, trial and punishment—Private property not to be taken for public use, without, &c. VI.—Further provision respecting criminal prosecutions. VII.—Right of trial by jury secured. VIII.—Excessive bail or fines and cruel punishments prohibited. IX.—Rule of construction. X.—Same subject IX.—Same subject. XII.—Manner of choosing President and Vice-President. WE, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tran- quillity, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to our- selves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Con- stitution for the United States op America. ARTICLE I. Section 1. All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States, which shall consist of a senate and house of representatives. Sect. 2. The house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year, by the people of the several states ; and the electors in each state shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty-five year% and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state in which he shall be chosen. 12 Constitution of the United States. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free per- sons," including those bound to service for a term of years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. The actual enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand; but each state shall have at least one representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Planta- tions one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three. When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The house of representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeach- ment. * Sect. 3. The senate of the United States shall be com- posed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legisla- ture thereof, for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote.
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