Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, February 6, 1811.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court.

Contributor:

Parsons, Theophilus, 1750-1813.

Sewall, Samuel, 1757-1814.

Parker, Isaac, 1768-1830.

Massachusetts. General Court. House of Representatives.

Series:

LLMC-digital (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Election law--Massachusetts.

Election law.

Noncitizens--Political activity--Massachusetts.

Noncitizens.

Noncitizens--Taxation--Law and legislation--Massachusetts.

Apportionment (Election law)--Massachusetts.

Apportionment (Election law).

Noncitizens--Political activity.

Noncitizens--Taxation--Law and legislation.

Massachusetts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (8 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Boston] : [House of Representatives], [1811]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (LLMC Digital, viewed May 27, 2018)

"Ordered, that the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be requested ... to give their opinion ... Whether aliens are rateable polls within the intent and meaning of the Constitution of this Commonwealth? and, whether the towns in the Commonwealth, in ascertaining their number of rateable polls, in order to determine the number of representatives they are entitled to send to this house, can constitutionally include in that number aliens resident in said towns, and predicate a representation on such resident aliens? and, whether such representation can constitutionally be predicated on the number resulting from the including in the number of rateable polls, aliens resident in any towns within this Commonwealth, and taxed, and paying taxes therein?"--Page 1.

Signed and dated (page 8): Theop. Parsons, Samuel Sewall, Isaac Parker, Boston, Feb. 15, 1811.

Other Format:

Print version: Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court. Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

OCLC:

60728791

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.