...attendance upon the instructions of the public teachers aforesaid, at stated Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the electing n'iigtous exclusive right of electing their public teachers,...

...Constitution, to which reference is had, is in the * third article of the Bill of Rights, and is as follows : " The several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting...

...instructions they can conscientiously and conveniently attend : — Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting...

...declared, in the third article of the declaration of rights, " That the people have a right to mvest their legislature with power to authorize and require,...several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies corporate and politic, and religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for...

...secure the good order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the leyislature shall, from time to time, autliorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts,...

...authorize and require the towns parishes, precincts, and religious societies, to make suitable provision for the support and maintenance of public Protestant...morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made " voluntarily." l § 5. Between this decision in 1804, and the amendment of the Bill of Rights...

...corporate or religious societies within this State to make adequate provision, at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality." (Ib., Art. VI.) § 19. It is further "provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes,...

...corporate, or religious societies, within this State, to make adequate provision, at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers, of piety, religion, and morality" (Const, of NH, part 1, art. 6). about the same in substance as that which is maintained in Rhode Island,...

...Constitution was formed, and the Bill of Bights ran as follows : " Provided, notwithstanding, that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall at all times have the exclusive right of electing their public teachers, and of contracting with...

...corporate, or religious societies, within this State, to make adequate provision, at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers, of piety, religion, and morality." (Const, of NH part 1, art. 6.) SBC. 6. VERMONT. — To a declaration of religious liberty amounting...