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Hey Delawareans, these are your laws and it is imperative you learn them!
Constitution of Delaware; 1776
The Constitution, or System of Government, agreed to and resolved upon by the Representatives in full Convention of the Delaware State,....
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Hey Delawareans, these are your laws and it is imperative you learn them!
Constitution of Delaware; 1776
The Constitution, or System of Government, agreed to and resolved upon by the Representatives in full Convention of the Delaware State,....
#Delaware
#Constitution
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....formerly styled "The Government of the Counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware," the said Representatives being chosen by the Freemen of the said State for that express Purpose.
....formerly styled "The Government of the Counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware," the said Representatives being chosen by the Freemen of the said State for that express Purpose.
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ARTICLE 1. The government of the counties of New- Castle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware, shall hereafter in all public and other writings be called The Delaware State.
ART. 2. The Legislature shall be formed of two distinct branches; they shall...
ARTICLE 1. The government of the counties of New- Castle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware, shall hereafter in all public and other writings be called The Delaware State.
ART. 2. The Legislature shall be formed of two distinct branches; they shall...
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....meet once or oftener in every year, and shall be called, " The General Assembly of Delaware."
ART. 3. One of the branches of- the Legislature shall be called, " The House of Assembly," and shall consist of seven Representatives to be chosen for each....
....meet once or oftener in every year, and shall be called, " The General Assembly of Delaware."
ART. 3. One of the branches of- the Legislature shall be called, " The House of Assembly," and shall consist of seven Representatives to be chosen for each....
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....county annually of such persons as are freeholders of the same.
ART. 4.4 The other branch shall be called " The council," and consist of nine members; three to be chosen for each county at the time of the first election of the assembly, who shall be freeholders...
....county annually of such persons as are freeholders of the same.
ART. 4.4 The other branch shall be called " The council," and consist of nine members; three to be chosen for each county at the time of the first election of the assembly, who shall be freeholders...
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....of the county for which they are chosen, and be upwards of twenty-five years of age. At the end of one year after the general election, the councillor who had the smallest number of votes in each county shall be displaced, and the vacancies thereby occasioned supplied...
....of the county for which they are chosen, and be upwards of twenty-five years of age. At the end of one year after the general election, the councillor who had the smallest number of votes in each county shall be displaced, and the vacancies thereby occasioned supplied...
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....by the freemen of each county choosing the same or another person at a new election in manner aforesaid. At the end of two years after the first general election, the councillor who stood second in number of votes in each county shall be displaced, and the...
....by the freemen of each county choosing the same or another person at a new election in manner aforesaid. At the end of two years after the first general election, the councillor who stood second in number of votes in each county shall be displaced, and the...
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...vacancies thereby occasioned supplied by a new election in manner aforesaid. And at the end of three years from the first general election, the councillor who had the greatest number of votes in each county shall be displaced, and the vacancies thereby...
...vacancies thereby occasioned supplied by a new election in manner aforesaid. And at the end of three years from the first general election, the councillor who had the greatest number of votes in each county shall be displaced, and the vacancies thereby...
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....occasioned supplied by a new election in manner aforesaid. And this rotation of a councillor being displaced at the end of three years in each county, and his office supplied by a new choice, shall be continued afterwards in due order annually forever, whereby, after...
....occasioned supplied by a new election in manner aforesaid. And this rotation of a councillor being displaced at the end of three years in each county, and his office supplied by a new choice, shall be continued afterwards in due order annually forever, whereby, after...
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....the first general election, a councillor will remain in trust for three years from the time of his being elected, and a councillor will be displaced, and the same or another chosen in each county at every election.
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....the first general election, a councillor will remain in trust for three years from the time of his being elected, and a councillor will be displaced, and the same or another chosen in each county at every election.
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