 | Chilton Williamson - 1949 - 318 halaman
...freemen were to elect thirteen persons every seven years who would form a Council of Censors empowered to "inquire whether the Constitution has been preserved...whether the legisla-tive and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians of the people; or assumed to themselves, or exercised... | |
 | 1894
...Censors, composed of thirteen members chosen by the people once in seven years, whose chief duty was " to inquire whether the constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part," and to call constitutional conventions when they thought proper. " They are also to inquire," continues... | |
 | Bar Association of the State of New Hampshire - 1905
...jurisdiction of the courts, established that unique tribunal of popular security, the Council of Censors "to inquire whether the Constitution has been preserved...whether the legislative and executive branches of government have . . . assumed to themselves or exercised other or greater powers than they are entitled... | |
 | 1918
...were elected by ballot, "whose duty, amongst others, it was to inquire whether the constitution had been preserved inviolate in every part and whether the legislative and executive branches of the government had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised... | |
 | William C. Hill - 1992 - 188 halaman
...state before they could be elected. The 1786 Constitution added a new duty to the Council of Censors, "to inquire whether the constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part during the last septenary; (including the year of their service)." The council was also given subpoena... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Clinton Rossiter - 2003 - 648 halaman
...duty of this body, as marked out by the Constitution, was "to inquire whether the Constitution had been preserved inviolate in every part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised,... | |
 | David Wootton - 392 halaman
...duty of this body, as marked out by the Constitution was, "to inquire whether the Constitution had been preserved inviolate in every part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 2004 - 256 halaman
...in which two thirds of the whole number elected shall agree: and whose duty it shall be to enquire whether the constitution has been preserved inviolate...whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised... | |
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