...The patentees, and such as should be admitted free of the society, were incorporated by the name of " The governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence. " The supreme, or legislative power, was invested in an assembly ; the constituent members were to...

...pass the seals until the following July, (1663). The patentees were incorporated by the name of 4 ' the governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence. The legislative power was vested in an assembly, to consist of the governor, deputy governor, the assistants,...

...The patentees, and such as should be admitted free of the society, were incorporated by the name of " The 'Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence." The supreme, or legislative power, was invested in an assembly; the constituent members were to -consist...

...with the royalists, during the civil war in England, — and as we have just seen how zealously New England espoused the other side of the quarrel, —...to govern it, obtained a charter, similar to that of Rhode Island and of the other colonies. The boundaries, as defined in this charter, were very nearly...

...country. The object of the mission was obtained, and the patentees were incorporated by the name of " The governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence." The legislative power was vested in an assembly to consist of the CHAP, v. governor, deputy governor,...

...time to time, and for ever hereafter, a hody corporate and politic, in fact and name, hy the name of The governor and company of the English colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, in New England, in Jlmerica; and that hy the same name they and their successors shall...

...thoughtful people in that colon). The charter was granted, and read as follows : At the General Afsembly of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence-Plantations in New England in America, begun and lield at East Greenwich within & for said...

...obtaining a charter from the crown. § 40. That charter incorporated the inhabitants by the name of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations in New-England in America, conferring on them the usual powers of corporations. The executive...

...time to time, and forever hereafter, a body corporate and politic, in fact and name, by the name of The Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode- Island and Providence Plantations, in New-England, in America ; and that by the same name they and their successors shall...

...obtaining a charter which granted the most ample privileges. It gave to the patentees the title of the Governor and Company of the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence. The form of government, prescribed by it, was the usual one of a governor, assistants, and representatives...