Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was passed by the House of Representatives on April 1, 1878, and on April 4, transmitted by the Speaker to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, who, on April 8, returned the answer which is subjoined. Ordered, that the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be required upon the following questions of law; viz.: First.
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The following order was passed by the House of Representatives on April 1, 1878, and on April 4, transmitted by the Speaker to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, who, on April 8, returned the answer which is subjoined. Ordered, that the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be required upon the following questions of law; viz.: First. What is the meaning of Article Third of the Amendments to the State Constitution in relation to the exercise of the right of suffrage by persons who have been paupers at any time ? Second. Does the State Constitution require any period…
1Opinion of the Court
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, having considered the questions proposed in the order of the Honorable House of Representatives of the first day of the present month, respectfully submit the following opinion:
The third article of amendment of the Constitution of the Commonwealth provides that “ every male citizen of twenty-one years of age and upwards (excepting paupers and persons under guardianship) who shall have resided within the Commonwealth one year, and within the town or district, in which he may claim a right to vote, six calendar months next preceding any election of…
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