Part the Second, Massachusetts Constitution

Massachusetts Constitution
Preamble
Part the First:
Articles I - XXX
Part the Second:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Articles of Amendment

The second part of the Massachusetts Constitution, entitled Part the Second, consists of six chapters. These chapters define the regulations set upon the Massachusetts government. It also contains a preamble to precede the chapters.

Preamble

	Text of Preamble: The people, inhabiting the territory formerly called the Province of Massachusetts Bay, do hereby solemnly and mutually agree with each other, to form themselves into a free, sovereign, and independent body politic, or state by the name of "THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS."

See also

• State constitution
• Constitutional article
• Constitutional amendment
• Constitutional revision
• Constitutional convention
• Amendments
  • Initiated constitutional amendment
  • Legislatively-referred constitutional amendment
  • Publication requirements for proposed state constitutional amendments
  • Rules about constitutional conventions in state constitutions
  • State constitutional articles governing state legislatures

External links

Suggest a link

• Massachusetts State Legislature, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts"

Additional reading

• The Heritage Foundation, "Massachusetts Constitution"
• Social Law Library Research Council, "Timeline of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780"