 | Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - 1804 - 398 pages
...The patentees, and such as should be admitted free of the society, were incorporated by the name of " The governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence. " The supreme, or legislative power, was invested in an assembly ; the constituent members were to consist... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1805 - 516 pages
...vested in an as- 1663. sembly, the constituent members of which were to consist of the governor, and assistants, and such of the freemen as should be chosen by the towns ; but the governor, or deputy governor, and six assistants, were to be always present.1 The legislature... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - 1808 - 226 pages
...The patentees, and such as should be admitted free of the society, were incorporated by the name of " The 'Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence." The supreme, or legislative power, was invested in an assembly; the constituent members were to -consist... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - 1813 - 432 pages
...power was vested in an assembly, the constituent members of which were to consist of the governor, and assistants, and such of the freemen as should be chosen by the to WHS; but the governor, and six assistants, were to be always present 3. The legislature of Rhode... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 590 pages
...King Charles II.; and, in July, 1683, obtained, in return, a charter of incorporation; which placed the ' Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence' upon the same footing with the other English colonies. Connecticut manifested neither joy, nor sorrow;... | |
 | Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish - 1820 - 332 pages
...supreme or legislative power was invested in an assembly; the constituent members were to consist of the governor, the assistants, and such of the freemen, as should be chosen by the towns; but the governor, or deputy governor, and six assistants, were to be always present. Thus constituted,... | |
 | John Marshall - 1824 - 504 pages
...country. The object of the mission was obtained, and the patentees were incorporated by the name of " The governor and company of the English colony of...the governor, deputy governor, the assistants, and sucli of the freemen as should be chosen by the townsThe presence of the governor or his deputy, and... | |
 | John Marshall - 1824 - 500 pages
...country. The object of the mission was obtained, and the patentees were incorporated by the name of " The governor and company of the English colony of...power was vested in an assembly to consist of the CHAP, v. governor, deputy governor, the assistants, and such of the freemen as should be chosen by... | |
 | John Marshall - 1824 - 502 pages
...legislative power was vested in an assembly to consist of the 134; HISTOBY OF THE CHAP, v. gnvprppr Hppiity governor, the assistants, and such of the freemen as should be chosen by the townsThe presence of the governor or his deputy, and of six assistants, was required to constitute... | |
 | 1828 - 494 pages
...time to time, and for ever hereafter, a hody corporate and politic, in fact and name, hy the name of The governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in Jlmerica; and that hy the same name they and their successors shall... | |
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... the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations... 
