xv. That all elections of members, or representatives of the people and freemen of the province of Pennsylvania, to serve in provincial Council, or General Assembly, to be held within the said province, shall be free and voluntary: and that the elector, that shall receive any reward or gift, in meat, drink, monies, or otherwise, shall forfeit his right to elect: and such person as shall directly or indirectly give, promise, or bestow any such reward as aforesaid, to be elected, shall forfeit his election, and be thereby incapable to serve as aforesaid: and the provincial Council and General Assembly shall be the sole judges of the regularity, or irregularity of the elections of their own respective Members. These considerations of the weight of government, and the nice and various opinions about it, made it uneasy to me to think of publishing the ensuing frame and conditional laws, farseeing both the censures, they will meet with, from men of differing humors and engagements, and the occasion they may give of discourse beyond my design. WebPenn, William (b. Oct. 14, 1644, London, Eng.--d. William Penn | The First Amendment Encyclopedia The complete text retains the original spelling. ASAP Select the correct answer from each drop 1. Timeline of the Life of William Penn - US History That all factors or correspondents in the said province, wronging their employers, shall make satisfaction, and one-third over, to their said employers: and in case of the death of any such factor or correspondent, the committee of trade shall take care to secure so muchof the deceased partysemployers estate as belongs to his said respective. The preface clearly and efficiently lays out its underlying theory, which blends biblical principles with contemporary political theory. It is true, they seem to agree to the end, to wit, happiness; but in the means, they differ, as to divine, so to this human felicity: and the cause is much the same, not always want of light and knowledge, but want of using them rightly. VIII. Footnotes. WebKing Charles II of England owed $80,000 to Admiral Sir William Penn. That the Governor and the provincial Council shall erect, from time to time, standing courts of justice, in such places and number as they shall judge convenient for the good government of the said province. VII. That all prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, where the proof is evident, or the presumption great. In May William Penn made the Frame of Government the constitution for the colony. Today in History - October 14 | Library of Congress West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Frame of Government XVI. To be further explained and That the charter of liberties, declared, granted and confirmed the five and twentieth day of the second month, called April, 1682, before divers witnesses, by William Penn, Governor and chief Proprietor of Pennsylvania, to all the freemen and planters of the said province, is hereby declared and approved, and shall be for ever held for fundamental in the government thereof, according to the limitations mentioned in the said charter. The democratic principles that he set forth served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. But reasonable challenges shall be always admitted against the said twelve men, or any of them. Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. XIX.That all marriages (not forbidden by the law of God, as to nearness of blood and affinity by marriage) shall be encouraged; but the parents, or guardians, shall be first consulted, and the marriage shall be published before it be solemnized; and it shall be solemnized by taking one another as husband and wife, before credible witnesses, and a certificate of the whole, under the hands of parties and witnesses, shall be brought to the proper register of that county, and shall be registered in his office.
