V.ci-dessus Virginiall ; en outre

Massachusetts V. Ail power residing originally

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in the pcople, and beii derived fpom them, tl severnl magislrates ai officers of govcmmei vested with aulhorit ■whether législative, ex cutiveorjudicial, are tl substitutes and agent and are at ail times a eoantable tothem.

16. Toute société, dans laquelle la garantie des droits n'est pas assurée, ni la séparation des pouvoirs déterminée, n'a point de constitution.

New - tlampschire II When men enter into stale of Society, they su render up some of the natural rights to that si ciety, in order to insu the protection oF other and without such s équivalent, thesurrendi is void,

Massachusetts XXX. ] the government of th commonwealth.thelegi lative department sha never exercise the ex*

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cutive and judicial powers, or either of them ; the executive shall never exercise the législative and judicial powers, or either of them ; the judicial shall never exercise the législative and executive powers, or either of them ; to end it may be a government of laws, and not of men.

17. La propriété étant un droit inviolable et sacré, nul ne peut en être privé, si ce n'est lorsque la nécessité publique, légalement constatée, Texige évidemment, et sous la condition d'une juste et préalable indemnité.

Massachusetts X... but no part of the property of any individual can, wilh justice, be taken from him or applied to public uses, without his own consent, or that of the représentative body ofthe people... And whenever the public[,exigencies requirô that the property of any individual should be appropriated to public

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uses, he shall receive a reasonable compensation therefor.

Vermoni IL That private propertyoughtto be subservient to public uses, when necessity requires it ; nevertheless, whenever any particular man's property is taken for the use of the public, the owner ought to receive an équivalent in money.