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Mass. Const. pt. 2, art. c.I-§III, § I Article I
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There shall be, in the legislature of this commonwealth, a representation of the people, [annually] elected, and founded upon the principle of equality. [See Amendments, Art. LXIV.]
Mass. Const. pt. 2, art. c.I-§III, § II Article II
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[And in order to provide for a representation of the citizens of this commonwealth, founded upon the principle of equality, every corporate town containing one hundred and fifty ratable polls, may elect one representative: every corporate town, containing three hundred and sevent…
Mass. Const. pt. 2, art. c.I-§III, § III Article III
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Every member of the house of representatives shall be chosen by written votes; [and for one year at least next preceding his election, shall have been an inhabitant of, and have been seised in his own right of a freehold of the value of one hundred pounds within the town he shall…
Mass. Const. pt. 2, art. c.I-§III, § IV Article IV
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[Every male person, being twenty-one years of age, and resident in any particular town in this commonwealth for the space of one year next preceding, having a freehold estate within the same town, of the annual income of three pounds, or any estate of the value of sixty pounds, s…