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quorum_fw-la consist_v of_o one_o half_a in_o the_o time_n of_o health_n and_o of_o one_o three_o part_n in_o a_o time_n of_o sickness_n be_v so_o declare_v by_o the_o senat._n how_o the_o city_n government_n without_o any_o diminution_n of_o their_o privilege_n and_o with_o a_o improvement_n of_o their_o policy_n may_v be_v make_v to_o fall_v in_o with_o these_o order_n have_v oceana_n have_v in_o oceana_n elsewhere_o be_v show_v in_o part_n and_o may_v be_v consider_v far_o at_o leisure_n otherwise_o the_o whole_a commonwealth_n so_o far_o as_o it_o be_v mere_o civil_a be_v in_o this_o part_n accomplish_v now_o as_o of_o necessity_n there_o must_v be_v a_o natural_a man_n or_o a_o man_n endue_v with_o a_o natural_a body_n before_o there_o can_v be_v a_o spiritual_a man_n or_o a_o man_n capable_a of_o divine_a contemplation_n so_o a_o government_n must_v have_v a_o civil_a before_o it_o can_v have_v a_o religious_a part_n and_o if_o a_o man_n furnish_v only_o with_o natural_a part_n 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pound_n to_o each_o of_o the_o captain_n of_o horse_n five_o pound_n to_o each_o of_o the_o captain_n of_o foot_n four_o pound_n to_o each_o of_o the_o cornet_n three_o pound_n to_o each_o of_o the_o insign_n two_o pound_n seven_o shilling_n to_o every_o horseman_n one_o pound_n ten_o shilling_n and_o to_o every_o one_o of_o the_o foot_n one_o pound_n 36._o that_o inferior_a officer_n as_o captains_z cornet_n insign_n be_v only_o for_o the_o military_a discipline_n of_o the_o tribe_n that_o the_o tribune_n have_v session_n in_o the_o senate_n without_o suffrage_n that_o of_o course_n they_o have_v session_n and_o suffrage_n in_o the_o dictatorian_a council_n so_o often_o as_o it_o be_v create_v by_o the_o senat._n that_o in_o all_o case_n to_o be_v adjudge_v by_o the_o people_n they_o be_v precedent_n of_o the_o court_n or_o judicatory_a 37._o that_o peculat_v or_o defraudation_n of_o the_o public_a and_o all_o case_n or_o crime_n tend_v to_o the_o subversion_n of_o the_o government_n be_v triable_a by_o the_o prerogative_n tribe_n or_o the_o assembly_n of_o the_o people_n and_o that_o to_o the_o same_o there_o lie_v a_o appeal_n in_o all_o cause_n and_o from_o all_o court_n magistrate_n or_o council_n national_a or_o provincial_a 38._o that_o the_o right_a of_o debate_n as_o also_o of_o propose_v to_o the_o people_n be_v whole_o and_o only_o in_o the_o senate_n without_o any_o power_n at_o all_o of_o result_v not_o derive_v from_o the_o people_n and_o estate_v upon_o the_o senate_n by_o act_n of_o parliament_n 39_o that_o the_o power_n of_o result_n be_v whole_o and_o only_o in_o the_o people_n without_o any_o right_n at_o all_o of_o debate_n 40._o that_o the_o senate_n have_v debate_v and_o agree_v upon_o a_o law_n to_o be_v propose_v cause_n promulgation_n of_o the_o say_a law_n to_o be_v make_v for_o the_o space_n of_o six_o week_n before_o proposition_n that_o be_v cause_v the_o law_n to_o be_v write_v fair_a and_o hang_v up_o for_o the_o time_n aforesaid_a in_o some_o of_o the_o most_o eminent_a place_n of_o the_o city_n and_o of_o the_o suburb_n 41._o that_o promulgation_n be_v make_v the_o signory_n demand_v of_o the_o tribune_n sit_v in_o the_o senate_n a_o assembly_n of_o the_o people_n that_o the_o tribune_n upon_o such_o demand_n of_o the_o signory_n or_o of_o the_o senate_n be_v oblige_v to_o assemble_v the_o prerogative_n tribe_n in_o arm_n by_o sound_n of_o trumpet_n with_o drums_z beating_z and_z colors_z fly_v in_o any_o town_n field_n or_o marketplace_n be_v not_o above_o six_o mile_n distant_a upon_o the_o day_n and_o at_o the_o hour_n appoint_v except_o the_o meeting_n through_o inconvenience_n of_o the_o wether_n or_o the_o like_a be_v prorogue_v by_o consent_n of_o the_o signory_n and_o of_o the_o tribune_n that_o the_o prerogative_n tribe_n be_v assemble_v according_o the_o senate_n propose_v to_o they_o by_o two_o or_o more_o of_o the_o senatorian_a magistrate_n thereto_o appoint_v at_o the_o first_o promulgation_n of_o the_o law_n that_o the_o proposer_n for_o the_o senate_n open_a to_o the_o people_n the_o occasion_n motive_n and_o reason_n of_o the_o senate_n for_o the_o law_n to_o be_v propose_v and_o that_o the_o same_o be_v do_v they_o put_v the_o law_n or_o proposition_n by_o distinct_a clause_n to_o the_o ballot_v of_o the_o people_n that_o if_o any_o material_a clause_n or_o clause_n of_o the_o proposition_n or_o law_n so_o propose_v be_v reject_v by_o the_o people_n the_o clause_n or_o clause_n so_o reject_v may_v be_v review_v alter_v and_o propose_v again_o to_o the_o three_o time_n if_o the_o senate_n think_v fit_a but_o no_o often_o 42._o that_o what_o be_v thus_o propose_v by_o the_o senate_n and_o resolve_v by_o the_o people_n be_v the_o law_n of_o the_o land_n and_o no_o other_o except_z what_o be_v already_o receive_v as_o such_o or_o reserve_v to_o the_o dictatorian_a council_n 43._o that_o every_o magistracy_n office_n or_o election_n throout_v this_o whole_a commonwealth_n whether_o annual_a or_o triennial_a be_v understand_v of_o course_n or_o consequence_n to_o enjoin_v a_o interval_n or_o vacation_n equal_a to_o the_o term_n of_o the_o same_o that_o the_o magistracy_n or_o office_n of_o a_o knight_n and_o of_o a_o burgess_n be_v in_o this_o relation_n understand_v as_o one_o and_o the_o same_o and_o that_o this_o order_n regard_v only_o such_o election_n as_o be_v national_a or_o domestic_a and_o not_o such_o as_o be_v foren_n or_o contain_v in_o the_o provincial_a part_n of_o this_o model_n 44._o that_o for_o a_o exception_n from_o this_o rule_n where_o there_o be_v but_o one_o elder_a of_o the_o horse_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o parish_n that_o elder_a be_v eligible_a in_o the_o same_o without_o interval_n and_o where_o there_o be_v above_o four_o elder_n of_o the_o horse_n in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o parish_n there_o be_v not_o above_o half_a nor_o under_o two_o of_o they_o eligible_a at_o the_o same_o election_n 45._o that_o throout_o all_o 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