 | Samuel Williams - 1809 - 496 pages
...every part ; whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty, «as guardians of the people ; or assumed to themselves,...powers, than they are entitled to by the constitution ; whether the public taxes have been justly laid, and collected ; in what manner the public monies... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - 1814 - 422 pages
...service) ; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves,...entitled to by the constitution. — They are also to enquire, whether the public taxes have been justly laid and collected in all parts of this commonwealth... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay - 1817 - 570 pages
...legislative and executive brandies of " government, had performed their duty as guardians of the peo" pie, or assumed to themselves, or exercised other or greater...powers than they are entitled to by the constitution." In the execution of this trust, the council were necessarily led to a comparison, of both the legislative... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1818 - 882 pages
...part; and whe" thcr the legislative and executive branches of govern•( ment. had performed their duty as guardians of the " people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised other •i or greater powers than they are entitled to by the cou'•' stitution." In the execution of this... | |
 | Frances Wright - 1821 - 880 pages
...inviolate; " whether the legislative or executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves,...powers than they are entitled to by the constitution;" to take in review, in short, every public act, with the whole course of administration pursued since... | |
 | Vermont - 1823 - 570 pages
...legislative and executive branches of government, and examining whether they have performed their duty, " as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised, other or greater powers than they were entitled to by the Constitution," it affords us great pleasure to find matters of commendation,... | |
 | Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1825 - 400 pages
...been preserved inviolate ; and whether the legislative and executive branches had performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves or exercised other or greater powers than they were entitled to, by the constitution. — They embrace, it is apprehended, all the decisions of that... | |
 | James Madison, John Jay - 1826 - 736 pages
...the legislative and executive il branches of gover/iment had performed their duty as guar" il' mi- of the people, or assumed to themselves, or exercised...or greater powers than they are entitled to by the con" stitution." In the execution of this trust, the council were necessarily led to a comparison of... | |
 | Francis Smith Eastman - 1828 - 124 pages
...service,) and whether the legislative and executive branches of government hare performed their duty as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves,...constitution. They are also to inquire whether the publick taxes have been justly laid, and collected in all parts of this commonwealth ; in what manner... | |
 | 1828 - 494 pages
...service, and whether the legislative and executive hranches of government have performed their duty, as guardians of the people, or assumed to themselves,...other or greater powers than they are entitled to hy the constitution: They are also to inquire; whether the puhlic taxes have heen justly laid and collected... | |
| |
... to inquire, whether the constitution has been preserved inviolate in every part during the last septenary, including the year of their service, and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians... 
