Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1807-02-16

| Legislature are IN 1c1llOn toE OtnSF-
| wife it would be requiring an lmPot-
fibility from the Governor, that he
| fhould return the Bill or Refolve to
the Houfe where the fame originated,
lvbeu no Glcb Houe exiFed. And by a
different contraction, viz. that the
fve days muR be Intended five calen..
dar days qUbetber the Legislature gvere
in 5elF2n or not, the conltitutional
check could not only be defeated BY
an immediate adjournment of the
Legislature after pading bill ORE
folve by mere majority, but, BY a
continuance of the felton, until the
day preceding the laf Wednesday Of
| Nav, in which the General Court
mutt absolutely be diirolved, and
paaing any bill or reiolve on that
| day, the Governor would thereby
be deprived of the time alIowe< for
revifion, and the Contribution in
this refpea be altogether rendered
| imperative, by the doings Of mere
| majority Of the two houles and the
will of the people who formed the
Contribution, be thus defeated. And
upon the principle coutended FOR by
the majority, one houfe alone might
| defeat the Governor of his Coniti-
; tutional right Of revihon in this man
ner, viz. if a bill having pafied both
houIes hould Be tent 70 the Cover
nor. who fhould deliberate upon It
f5w days, intending TO return it on
/ the ftfb, with his objections, to the
I" houlo where it originated" which
houfe fhould adjourn on the f5mtb,
for two days. (ao By The Contribution
each houfe may without the concur
renee Of the other, the bill upon
this principle would become law
without he Ggnature Of the Cover
nor, or having been Pahed BY two
thirds Of both houies.
From theGc confdcrations-frorn
the efinltion we have Of the Con-
t,tution, as being the mott ek:ntial
bond Of fecurity and barrier againf
the lawlefs pOwe- Of man, and from
the obligations Of ouroaths, whereby
it becomes a sacred Iuty 10 guard
with our utmoit vigilance and po wer
againt its infringement; and of our
Indispensable obligation tc bear ;eli-
mony againlt any violation thereof
We hereby mott folemniy give our
DISSENT and PROTEST againh
certain Refolve or Vote Of the
Houle Of Representatives, which
pafoa by majority thereof, on the
aft Of January infant, in the fol-
lowing words, to wit -
Whereas il Is provided By the Conftita.
tion of this Commonwealth, thar if any bin
or relolve, which nhaIl have paded the two
branches Of the Legislature, (hall not be re-
turned by the Governor too that branch IN
which it originated, within five days after Il
fhall have been prelented 70 him for revival,
the fame ihalI have the force Of law
Rsjoiysd, as the fenie of this Houle, that
the bill entitled an AG7 n addition 70 t5e vsraI
AlrfgvLatng elections, HkezUi5e ayeoIve for cd,-
ry;rg into e1;a tie brovjfons Of tie atoyejaI bH,"
nor having been returned to this Houfe BY
His Exceilency the Governor within the time
prefcribed by the Contribution, is not regu-
larIy before the Houfe; and that no further
order be taken thereon"
1t is aferted in faid vote, or re-
folve, that the Bill and Refolve men.
toned therein, were nat returned
10 tbi5 H2uiS, zvitbin the time byeCribed
~ The C5nftuti2p," when Ia fact the
Bill and Reiolvc were returned to
this HouFe within that time, for they
were both paH:d BY the two Houfes,
and prefcnted 70 His ExceIlency, on
the 24sh day Of June laf, and 81
the nms day both Houies, purfuant
to the Contribution, were adjourned,
to meet on the frlt Wednesday Of
January infant; and did afemble
and meet on that day and on the
next day his Exceilency returned
the Bill and RefoEre to this Houfe,
with his objections thereto, puriu
ant to the Contribution, in the words
following, viz.
CIbsn toNa7U5 The Megage grh5 Ex-
ceiieny The GgOrHar, dated Jan. s,
Returning the 8W aud Rej6tVe, with
bis ayeffl0Al 10 them, accompanied With
tie qpilio,, gtfthe Judges Of the Supreme
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