with three members from each county and a Legislative Council with one member from each county. Each Legislative Council Term was one year, and elections were held annually. Members were required to be "an inhabitant and freeholder in the county in which he is chosen, and worth at least one thousand pounds proclamation money, of real and personal estate, within the same county".

Powers

The Constitution of 1776 set up a fusion of powers system of state government,

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