Senate Journal 1812-PDF
Check out the bottom half of page 1 (p339) and notice how Article 31 and 32 were taken seriously back then.
"The legislature shall assemble for the redress of public grievances..." etc...
This is proof positive that petitions were always heard first before joints sessions of the General Court.
The primary decisions about what to do with petitions was always voted on first by these joint sessions.
If the petition was basic enough, it was resolved on the spot and if it was more complicated than that, it was committed to a joint committee for more study.
This is also evidences the disparity of authority between the General Court and the Judiciary.
#1 - “The practice of Law CAN NOT be licensed by any state/State” Schware v. Board of Examiners, 353 U.S. 238, 239
Sims v. Aherns, 271 S.W. 720 (1925)
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