Maryland Code - Continued. Supplement (1870), Acts of General Assembly, 1870. By Cohen and viii + 466 p. 8°. In Social Law Library. Baltimore, 1870. Revised Code of Public General Laws (1879); Mayer, Fischer, and Cross, [labelled "Revised Code of Maryland," 1878]. Baltimore, 1879. Vol. 1, (5) + xlii + 1067 p. 8°. (No more published.) Maryland Code (1888), public general laws. Adopted 1888. 2 vols. 8°. Codified by J. P. Poe. Baltimore, 1888. (1888), public local laws. Codified by J. P. Poe. Adopted 1888. Key to Code and Acts of 1890. By J. W. Owens. 8°. Baltimore, 1890. In New York Bar Association. Annotated Code (1911) of the public civil laws, including the Acts of 1910. George R. Bagby, editor. With [notes of] decisions. Prefaced by constitutions of the United States and of Maryland. 2 vols. 4to. Baltimore, 1911. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTIONS, CONSTITUTIONS, ETC. Note. The constitution at present in force in this state is that of 1867. 1774, 1775, 1776. Proceedings of conventions of province of Maryland held at Annap olis, 1774, 1775, 1776. 378 p. 8°. Baltimore, 1836. 1776. Proceedings of convention of province of Maryland held at Annapolis, Dec. 7, 1775. 62 p. 8°. Annapolis, N.D. Constitution or form of government with proceedings of convention of delegates, Aug. 1776, at which the first constitution was framed. Contained in "Laws of Maryland" made since 1763, Annapolis, 1787. Unpaged. Folio. Constitution; convention [held] at Annapolis, Aug. 14, 1776. A 22 p. 8°. copy n.t.p. n.p. N.D. of this constitution is contained in United States Charters and Constitutions, Part I, p. 817, where it appears that the same was framed by a convention which met at Annapolis, Aug. 14, 1776. It was not submitted to the people. Register [of convention]. 4 vols. 1851. In New York Bar Association. Proceedings of convention to frame a new constitution. Commenced Annapolis, Nov. 4, 1850; with constitution annexed. 895836 p. 8°. Annapolis, 1850. Debates and proceedings of Maryland reform convention to revise state constitution. Prefixed are bill of rights and constitution as adopted. Published by order of convention. 2 vols. 8°. Annapolis, 1851. Constitution reported by convention of delegates 1850, and ratified 1851; with notes and appendix by Edward Otis Hinkley, (interleaved).. 82 p. 8°. Baltimore, 1851. Adopted by convention of delegates assembled at Annapolis, 70 p. 8°. Baltimore, 1851. Adopted by convention of delegates 1850, with notes, etc. With appendix. By E. 0. Hinkley. 108 p. 8°. In Social Law Library. Baltimore, 1855. Constitution - Continued. A copy of this constitution is contained in United States Charters and Constitutions, Part I, p. 837, where it appears that the same was framed by a convention which met at Annapolis, Nov. 4, 1850. It was ratified by the people June 4, 1851. Appended to supplement to Vol. I, Maryland Code by Hinkley, 1862. In Harvard Law School. 1864. Proceedings of convention, to frame a new constitution, commenced Annapolis, Apr. 27, 1864. 856 p. 8°. Annapolis, 1864. Debates of constitutional convention, assembled at Annapolis, Apr. 27, 1864. Official. W. B. Lord, reporter. 3 vols. 8°. Annapolis, 1864. Constitution; adopted by convention assembled at Annapolis, Apr. 27, 1864 and ratified by the people Oct. 1864. With notes, etc., by E. O. Hinkley. 107 (1) p. 8°. Annapolis, 1864. A copy of this constitution is contained in United States Charters and Constitutions, Part I, p. 859, where it appears that the convention which framed this constitution met at Annapolis, Apr. 27, 1864. The constitution was ratified by the people Oct. 12 and 13, 1864. 1867. Proceedings of convention to frame a new constitution, commenced at Annapolis, May 8, 1867. 850+16+66 + 14 p. 8°. Annapolis, 1867. Constitution of 1867 with notes, etc., by E. O. Hinkley. 156 p. 8°. Baltimore, 1867. Shown in Library Bulletin, Nov. 1894, New York State Library. Constitutions, [1776, 1851, 1864, 1867]. 222 +10 p. 8°. In Social Law Library. n.t.p. n.p. N.D. MASSACHUSETTS. PERIODS. 1. Virginia and New England, 1606 to 1620 (Historical). 2. New Plymouth Colony, 1620 to 1691. 3. Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1629 to 1691. 4. Province of Massachusetts Bay, 1691 to 1774. 5. Colony or State of Massachusetts Bay, 1775 to 1780. 6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1780 to date. HISTORICAL. First Charter (1606), by King James 1, dated April 10, 1606, entitled "Letters Patent to Sir Thomas Gates, Sir George Somers, and others, for two several colonies and plantations to be made in Virginia; and other parts and territories of America." [First colony consisting of certain persons of London; to locate between the 34th and 40th degrees of latitude; second colony consisting of certain persons of Bristol, Exeter, and Plimouth, between the 38th and 45th degrees of latitude, both being along the "coast of Virginia and America as that coast lyeth." See William Waller Henning's "Statutes at large of Virginia,' New York, 1823, Vol. I, p. 57; also "Virginia Company of London" by Edward D. Neill, Albany, 1869, p. 3.] Great Patent of New England (1620), being charter granted by King James I, to the Council established at Plymouth, Devon County, England, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New England in America. Dated November 3, [1620]. See "Compact, Charter and Laws of the Colony of New Plymouth," published agreeably to a resolve of the legislature, under the supervision of William Brigham, p. 1. x + 357 p. 8°. 1620. Plymouth Colony founded. 1629. Massachusetts Bay Colony chartered. Boston, 1836. 1641. Jurisdiction extended over New Hampshire. (Severance of New Hampshire, 1679.) 1669. Jurisdiction extended over Maine. (Severance of Maine, 1820.) 1692. Province of Massachusetts Bay organized, comprising former colonies of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth, and former province of Maine. 1726. Explanatory charter of Massachusetts Bay. 1774. Independent Provisional Government organized. 1776. Independence formally declared. 1779. Adoption of state constitution.1 1785. Cession to United States of western territorial claims. 1786-88. Cession and sale of western New York claims. 1788. Ratification of Federal constitution. See Miss E. M. Sawyer's note in "State Publications," compiled by R. R. Bowker, New York, 1899, p. 28. U. S. Charters and Const's, Part I, p. 921. BIBLIOGRAPHY. New Plymouth Colony. Title of legislative body: "General Court of Magistrates and Deputies," or "General Court." Session laws called "Laws," sometimes "Laws and Orders." Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province. Title of legislative body: "General Court," or "Great and General Court or Assembly." Session laws called "Acts and Laws " or " Laws and Orders." Commonwealth. Title of legislative body: "The General Court." Session laws called "Acts and Resolves." Bibliography of Laws of Massachusetts Bay, 1641-1776. Worthington Chauncey Ford and Albert Matthews. Reprinted from publications at Colonial Society of Mass. Vol. 4. Privately printed, Cambridge, 1907. v 186 p. 8°. + Colonial Laws of Massachusetts. William H[enry] Whitmore. Introduction to edition Boston, 1887, and Preface to edition Boston, 1889. Manuscript Laws of Massachusetts. The following is a statement by Mr. James J. Tracy, chief of archives division, concerning the original enactments in manuscript which are preserved in his office in the State House at Boston:"Legislative action during the Colony period, 1628-86, is recorded in the first five volumes of the Records of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The manuscript collection, known for purposes of reference as 'Massachusetts Archives,' contains the petitions, reports and other documents upon which the General Court based legislative action, together with the original votes and orders drafted as they were passed. There are no formal acts existing of the period mentioned. This constitution became effective, Oct. 25, 1780, see folio "Perpetual Laws," printed by Adams and Nourse, p. 27, Boston, 1789. (See also "Constitutional Conventions," etc., post.) |