Editorial note — Chapter V · : Necessity Of Examining The Condition Of The States—Part II
Henry Reeve translation
p [ We shall hereafter learn what a Governor is: I shall content myself with remarking in this place that he represents the executive power of the whole State.]
q [ See the Constitution of Massachusetts, chap. II. sect. 1. Section 9; chap. III. Section 3.]
r [ Thus, for example, a stranger arrives in a township from a country where a contagious disease prevails, and he falls ill. Two justices of the peace can, with the assent of the selectmen, order the sheriff of the county to remove and take care of him.—Act of June 22, 1797, vol. i. p. 540.