 | David M. Ricci - 2004 - 326 páginas
...rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the...different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislators and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of... | |
 | Paul Bater, Frits Willem Hondius, Penina Kessler Lieber - 2004 - 376 páginas
...several did grant specific protections for charities. The Massachusetts Constitution of 1780 provided: "It shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates,...in all future periods of this Commonwealth. . . to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity.... | |
 | Daniel L. Dreisbach, Mark David Hall, Jeffry H. Morrison - 2004 - 340 páginas
...the Commonwealth to cherish the interests of literature and sciences, and all seminaries of them; ... to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of [education] ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public... | |
 | William G. Howell, Paul E. Peterson - 2006 - 364 páginas
...founders. John Adams, author of the Massachusetts constitution, inserted a paragraph requiring legislators "to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences,...encourage private societies and public institutions." 5 The Northwest Ordinance, enacted in 1787, affirmed that "religion, morality and knowledge, being... | |
 | G. Alan Tarr, Robert F. Williams - 2012 - 382 páginas
...well as virtue, . . . being necessary for the preservation of [the people's] rights and liberties ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates,...commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences."8 The Massachusetts Supreme Court interpreted this provision to give "the legislature discretion... | |
 | George Z. F. Bereday, Joseph A. Lauwerys - 2005 - 522 páginas
...rights and liberties : and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the...different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of the legislatures and magistrates in all future periods of this Commonwealth, to cherish the interests... | |
 | George E. Connor, Christopher W. Hammons - 2008 - 849 páginas
...another goal underlying this push for piety — good citizenship. The Bay State's charter commands that "it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates,...in all future periods of this commonwealth ... to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity,... | |
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Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various... 
