...the constitution to make, ordain or establish all manner of wholesome, reasonable laws, statutes or ordinances, either with penalties or without, not...be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth and the subjects of the same." It extends to the prohibition of anything which in the reasonable exercise...

...reasonable compensation therefor. The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the constitution, to make, ordain and...the commonwealth, and of the subjects of the same. It is much easier to perceive and realize the existence and sources of this power, than to mark its...

...all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, so that the same be not repugnant or contrary to this constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this commonwealth, and for the government thereof." This delegation of power is certainly ample authority...

...statutes and ordinances, either with penalties or without, so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to the constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the Commonwealth. A large discretion is thus given to the legislature to judge what the welfare of the Commonwealth may...

...expressly given to the general court, from time to time, as the members of whom it shall be composed shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the Commonwealth, to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes and ordinances,...

...section of chapter I. of the Constitution, is limited by the provision that they shall be such laws "as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the Commonwealth." Every member, therefore, as a member also of the body politic, has an interest in every constitutional...

...instructions, either with penalties or without, so as the same bo not repugnant or contrary to this Constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of this Commonwealth, and for the government and ordering thereof, and of the subjects of the same, and...

...make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, lawa and statutes, which it shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the Commonwealth, necessarily invests that department of the government with the right of determining conclusively upon...

...statutes, and ordinances, directions and restrictions (so as the same be not repugnant or contrary to the constitution), as they shall judge to be for...and welfare of the Commonwealth, and of the subjects thereof. No one imagines that, under this general authority, the legislature could deprive a citizen...

...he was iu many other respects. The Connecticut charter authorised the colonists ' from time to time to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes, orders, directions, and instructions, as well for settling the forms and ceremonies of government and...