A History of the Town of Murrayfield: Earlier Known as Township No. 9, and Comprising the Present Towns of Chester and Huntington, the Northern Part of Montgomery, and the Southeast Corner of Middlefield : 1760-1763

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C.W. Bryan & Company, Printers, 1892 - 175 pages
The name of the town of Murrayfield changed to Chester on February 21, 1783.
 

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Page 123 - Senate shall respectively be sworn, truly and impartially to try and determine the charge in question, according to evidence.
Page 122 - That it shall be the duty of the governor to inform the legislature, at every session, of the condition of the State, so far as may respect his department; to recommend such matters to their consideration as shall appear to him to concern its good government, welfare, and prosperity...
Page 111 - ... to state the rights of the colonists, and of this province in particular, as men, as Christians, and as subjects ; to communicate and publish the same to the several towns in this province and to the world, as the sense of this town, with the infringements and violations thereof that have been, or from time to time may be, made ; also requesting of each town a free communication of their sentiments on this subject.
Page 123 - Their judgment, however, shall not extend further than to removal from office and disqualification to hold or ,enjoy any place of honor, trust, or profit, under this Commonwealth: but the party, so convicted, shall be, nevertheless, liable to indictment, trial, judgment and punishment, according to the laws of the land.
Page 124 - All the laws which have heretofore been adopted, used and approved in the Province, Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, and usually practised on in the courts of law, shall still remain and be in full force, until altered or repealed by the legislature; such parts only excepted as are repugnant to the rights and liberties contained in this constitution.
Page 121 - But they shall have no power to add to, alter, abolish, or infringe any part of this constitution.
Page 131 - We have suffered more from this cause than from every other cause or calamity. It has killed more men, pervaded and corrupted the choicest interests of our country more, and done more injustice than even the arms and artifices of our enemy.
Page 124 - ... for the redemption of bills of credit or Treasurer's notes, or for the payment of interest arising thereon) but by warrant under the hand of the Governor for the time being...

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