Journal of the Governor and Council...

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J. L. Murphy Publishing Company, printers, 1890 - New Jersey

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Page 530 - Assembly or the major part of them respectively shall have full poweo- amd authority to make, constitute and ordain laws, Statutes and Ordinances for the Publick peace, welfare and good government...
Page 540 - ... said province of New Jersey, shall take upon him the administration of the government and execute our said commission and instructions and the several powers and authorities therein contained, in the same manner and to all intents and purposes as other our governor or commander-in-chief of our said province should or ought to do, in case of your absence until you return, or in all cases until our further pleasure be known therein.
Page 536 - And whereas we are sensible that effectual care ought to be taken to oblige the members of our Council to a due attendance therein, in order to prevent the many inconveniences that may happen for want of a quorum of the Council to transact business, as occasion may require, it is our will and pleasure that if any of the members of our said Council...
Page 530 - ... as near as conveniently may be, agreeable to the laws and statutes of this our kingdom of England.
Page 253 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 166 - Plantations or any of them and if it shall so please God them to vanquish apprehend and take and being taken either according to Law to put to Death or keep and preserve alive at your Discretion and to Execute Martial Law in time of Invasion...
Page 531 - Pleasure thereupon Expressed, the said Act is hereby Confirmed, finally Enacted and Ratified accordingly — Whereof the Governor Lieutenant, Governor or Commander in Chief of His Majesty's said Colony of New York for the time being, and all others whom it may concern are to take Notice and Govern themselves accordingly.* The case of New York v.
Page 27 - Officer of the Customs, it shall appear to him that the said Articles are — not valued according to the true Price or Value thereof, and according to the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, — then and in such Case the Importer, or...
Page 84 - An Act That the Solemn Affirmation and Declaration of the People Called Quakers Shall be Accepted Instead of an Oath in the Usual Form, and that the same be transmitted to us and to our commissioners for trade and plantations, as before directed.
Page 536 - You are to permit the Members of Our said Council, to have and enjoy freedom of Debate and Vote in all Affairs of Publick concern, that may be debated in Council. 6. AND, altho...

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