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The Legislature of the Province of Virginia Its Internal Development / Elmer I. Miller.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in History, Economics, and Public LawPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1907]Copyright date: ©1907Description: 1 online resource (184 p.)Content type:
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  • 9780231937221
  • 9780231895125
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • H31 .C7 v. 28, no. 2
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATURE UNDER THE LONDON COMPANY -- CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—APPORTIONMENT, LENGTH OF TERM, AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS -- CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—SUFFRAGE, ELECTIONS, AND ELECTION CONTESTS -- CHAPTER IV. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE -- CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE CONTINUED -- CHAPTER VI. THE GOVERNOR AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE -- CHAPTER VII. THE COUNCIL AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE -- CHAPTER VIII. FEATURES OF THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Summary: Traces the growth of the legislature of Virginia, which began without any form of local self-government. The colony was established and governed by a commercial company until 1619 with the calling together of the first American legislature at Jamestown.
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Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. THE BEGINNING OF THE LEGISLATURE UNDER THE LONDON COMPANY -- CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—APPORTIONMENT, LENGTH OF TERM, AND QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS -- CHAPTER III. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—SUFFRAGE, ELECTIONS, AND ELECTION CONTESTS -- CHAPTER IV. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE -- CHAPTER V. THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES—ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE CONTINUED -- CHAPTER VI. THE GOVERNOR AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE -- CHAPTER VII. THE COUNCIL AS A PART OF THE LEGISLATURE -- CHAPTER VIII. FEATURES OF THE LEGISLATURE AS A WHOLE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Traces the growth of the legislature of Virginia, which began without any form of local self-government. The colony was established and governed by a commercial company until 1619 with the calling together of the first American legislature at Jamestown.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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