Opinion of the Justices to the Senate

*597On April 6, 1938, the order was transmitted to the Justices, who, on April 20, 1938, returned the following answers:

To The Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:

The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court respectfully submit these answers to the questions proposed in an order adopted on the fourth day of April, 1938, a copy whereof is hereto annexed.

These questions call for an interpretation of art. 30 of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution as applied to the judicial department of government. That article in peculiarly forceful and clear language,…