Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: To Propose Amendments to the Constitution, Commenced ... at Harrisburg, on the Second Day of May, 1837, Volumen9Packer, Barrett, and Parke, 1838 |
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... reference to divorces , varied in the different states . In Georgia and Mississippi , it required two - thirds of the legislature to grant a divorce . In Tennessee , Arkansas and Michigan , there was , in their con- stitutions a ...
... reference to divorces , varied in the different states . In Georgia and Mississippi , it required two - thirds of the legislature to grant a divorce . In Tennessee , Arkansas and Michigan , there was , in their con- stitutions a ...
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... reference to the parties . There had been cases of divorce granted by the legislature upon the application of friends . Abuses were constantly practiced and were a perpetual subject of complaint . There was a case in which a gentleman ...
... reference to the parties . There had been cases of divorce granted by the legislature upon the application of friends . Abuses were constantly practiced and were a perpetual subject of complaint . There was a case in which a gentleman ...
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... reference to divorces , and desired to put these contracts , as well as all others , under the supervision of law . To put them in the power of the legislature , was , in his opinion , to jeopardize the rights of the community , and he ...
... reference to divorces , and desired to put these contracts , as well as all others , under the supervision of law . To put them in the power of the legislature , was , in his opinion , to jeopardize the rights of the community , and he ...
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... reference of the petition , I was instructed by the committee , to notify the husband , that his wife had petitioned for a divorce . I did so . Soon afterwards , the husband appeared before the committee , either personally or by ...
... reference of the petition , I was instructed by the committee , to notify the husband , that his wife had petitioned for a divorce . I did so . Soon afterwards , the husband appeared before the committee , either personally or by ...
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... reference to the veto power , the impeachment of judges , & c . It seemed , according to the course of some gentlemen , that when the peo . ple are to be the sufferers , the legislature was to be trusted ; but if , on the contrary , a ...
... reference to the veto power , the impeachment of judges , & c . It seemed , according to the course of some gentlemen , that when the peo . ple are to be the sufferers , the legislature was to be trusted ; but if , on the contrary , a ...
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Página 381 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Página 381 - And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Página 43 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate and assembly ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals with the yeas...
Página 382 - And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. 42. For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt : they shall not be sold as bondmen.
Página 381 - And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee ; then thou shalt relieve him : yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Take thou no usury of him, or increase : but fear thy God ; that thy brother may live with thee. Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase...
Página 334 - What a stupendous, what an incomprehensible machine is man! who can endure toil, famine, stripes, imprisonment, and death itself, in vindication of his own liberty, and, the next moment be deaf to all those motives whose power supported him through his trial, and inflict on his fellow men a bondage, one hour of which is fraught with more misery, than ages of that which he rose in rebellion to oppose.
Página 129 - ... there is no foundation in nature or in natural law, why a set of words upon parchment should convey the dominion of land...
Página 4 - Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior; and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same causa, and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the Legislature of a free State.
Página 224 - The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up, and transmitted to the seat of government...
Página 332 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished by law.