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to be subject to the approbation of the governor, who had a council of state to assist him in the government.^[1] Provision was made in the same charter, that if the representatives of the province, and territories (meaning by territories the three counties of Delaware) should not agree to join together in legislation, they should be represented in distinct assemblies.^[2]

§ 125. In the legislation of Pennsylvania, early provision was made (in 1683) for the descent and distribution of intestate estates, by which it was to be divided among all the children, the eldest son having a double share; and this provision was never afterwards departed from.^[3] Notwithstanding the liberty of conscience recognised in the charters, the legislature seems to have felt itself at liberty to narrow down its protection to persons, who believed in the Trinity, and in the divine inspiration of the Scriptures.^[4]

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1. 1 Proud. Penn. 450.
2. 1 Proud. Penn. 454, 455; 1 Holmes's Annals, 485.
3. Laws of Penn., Ed. of Franklin, 1742, App. 5; Id. p. 60; 1 Chalm. Annals, 649.
4. Laws of Penn., Ed. of Franklin, 1712, p. 4. [1705.]