Maine Constitution Art. 02 Electors
Article II. Electors. Section 1. Qualifications of electors; written ballot; military servicemen; students. Every citizen of the United States of the age of 18 years and upwards, excepting persons...
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Article III. Distribution of Powers. Section 1. Powers distributed. The powers of this government shall be divided into 3 distinct departments, the legislative, executive and judicial. Section 2. To be...
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Article IV. — Part First. House of Representatives. Section 1. Legislative department; style of acts. The legislative power shall be vested in 2 distinct branches, a House of Representatives, and a...
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Article IV. — Part Second. Senate. Section 1. Number of Senators. The Senate shall consist of an odd number of Senators, not less than 31 nor more than 35, elected at the same time and for the same...
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Article IV. — Part Third. Legislative Power. Section 1. To meet annually; power of Legislature to convene itself at other times; extent of legislative power. The Legislature shall convene on the first...
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Article V. — Part First. Executive Power. Section 1. Governor. The supreme executive power of this State shall be vested in a Governor. Section 2. Term of office; reelection eligibility. The Governor...
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Article V. — Part Second. Secretary. Section 1. Election. The Secretary of State shall be chosen biennially at the first session of the Legislature, by joint ballot of the Senators and Representatives...
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Article V. — Part Third. Treasurer. Section 1. Election. The Treasurer shall be chosen biennially, at the first session of the Legislature, by joint ballot of the Senators, and Representatives in...
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Article VI. Judicial Power. Section 1. Courts. The judicial power of this State shall be vested in a Supreme Judicial Court, and such other courts as the Legislature shall from time to time establish....
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Article VII. Military. Section 1. Officers, how appointed. All commissioned officers of the militia shall be appointed and commissioned by the Governor, from such persons as are qualified by law to...
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Article VIII. — Part First. Education. Section 1. Legislature shall require towns to support public schools; duty of Legislature. A general diffusion of the advantages of education being essential to...
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Article VIII. — Part Second. Municipal Home Rule. Section 1. Power of municipalities to amend their charters. The inhabitants of any municipality shall have the power to alter and amend their charters...
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Article IX. General Provisions. Section 1. Oaths and subscriptions. Every person elected or appointed to either of the places or offices provided in this Constitution, and every person elected,...
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Article X. Additional Provisions. Section 1. (See Section 7 and Note.) Section 2. (See Section 7 and Note.) Section 3. Laws now in force continue until repealed. All laws now in force in this State,...
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Margaretta
On May 9, 1775, Captain James Moore sailed the British warship, the Margaretta, into Machias harbor with news of the battles of Lexington and Concord. The vessel had traveled to Maine to insure that a...
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After months of alarm and gathering of resources, on July 19, 1779 forty vessels left Boston Harbor for Penobscot Bay on the ill-fated Penobscot Expedition to remove the British from that region and...
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Executive Orders
Executive Orders are official acts of a governor to establish policies and practices for the Executive Branch in the administration of state government. These Orders may direct that certain actions be...
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Dubros Times Selected Depositions of Maine Revolutionary War Veterans This is the Introduction to the publication named above and edited by Sylvia J. Sherman of the Maine State Archives. It provides a...
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Map Cabinet
The Map Cabinet offers selected images of historic maps of Maine. Most are from the Library of Congress where higher resolution versions are available by following the links listed under “Sources”...
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The Maine State Archives, located in Augusta, is the custodian of the permanently valuable of state government, including early court records and vital records (births, deaths, marriages, etc.)...
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