...I)ar' thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto been practised, in order that , , , '. , ' . . .. such assessments...as much oftener as the general court shall order. For the authority of the general court to charter cities, Bee amendments, Art. II. CHAPTER I. SECTION...

...Estates lying within the Commonwealth " And in another Paragraph in the same Article, it is Provided, that in Order that such Assessments may be made with equality, there shall be a Valuation of Estates taken anew once in every Ten years at the least, and each House having a Negative on the other, seems...

...part thereof shall be assesed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto been practised, in order that such assessments may be made with equality,...as much oftener, as the general court shall order. Section '2. Senate. Article 1. There shall be annually elected by the freeholders and other inhabitants...

...provided specifically for a census in the modern sense. 1 The Massachusetts constitution provided for "a valuation of estates within the commonwealth, taken...as much oftener as the General Court shall order, "f and the New Hampshire constitution of 1784 provided for a similar "valuation of estates" once in...

...in order that e«tate"oncefin such assessments may be made with equality, there shall fcL^iie'etc. be a valuation of estates within the commonwealth,...as much oftener as the general court shall order. For the authority of the general court to charter cltiea, nee amendments, Art. II. ' CHAPTER I. SECTION...

...same as in the Province Charter. This draft also contained the following provision : " And that public assessments may be made with equality, there shall...Commonwealth taken anew once in every ten years at the least." Journal of Convention, 1779-80, p. 197, c. 2, § 1, art. 3, of the draft. In the Convention...

...part thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates, in the manner that has hitherto been practised, in order that such assessments may be made with equality,...of estates within the commonwealth, taken anew once i" every ten years at least, and as much oftener as the general court shall order. For the authority...

...part thereof, shall be assessed on polls and estates in the manner that has heretofore been practiced, in order that such assessments may be made with equality there shall be a valuation of the estates within the State taken anew once in every five years at least, and as much oftener as the...

...with equality there shall be a valuation of the estates within the state taken anew once in every five years, at least, and as much oftener as the general court shall order. [ART. 7.] [No member of the general court shall take fees, be of counsel, or act as advocate in any...

...estates in the Ivii{ fi 538 manner that has heretofore been practiced, in order that such Ix, 347. assessments may be made with equality there shall be a valuation of the estates within the state taken anew once in every five years, at least, and as much oftener as...