...summer of 1780, the new Constitution for the State went into effect, in which it was provided, " that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing1 their public teachers, and of contracting...

...duty of all men in society, publicly and " at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme " Being — that the legislature shall from time " to time, authorize and require, the several " towns, parishes, &c. to make suitable pro" vision at their own expense, for the institu" tion of the public worship...

...several " towns, parishes, &c. to make suitable prou vision at their own expense, for the in.sl.itn" tion of the public worship of God, and for " the support and maintenance of the public • Cliaiming's Election Sermon. " protestant teachers of piety, religion, and " morality,...

...Commonwealth have a right to invest their Legislature with power to authorize and require, and their Legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, or other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense,...

...preservation of their government, the people of this Com- . monwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature...the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies-politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution...

...preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the* legislature...towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, and religious-societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the...

...preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature...towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, and religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the...

...3,) invest the respective legislatures of those states with " power to require, and direct them to require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and...other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make provision for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality."...

...whose 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...

...their legislature with power to authorize and require, and the legislature shall, from lime to lime authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, and religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the...