Proposed measures that apply to specific individuals or places are

Proposed measures that apply to specific individuals or places are called private bills.

Explanation:

Private bills are proposals which are given to a specific individual or to a separate corporate firm which offers relief from the allegedly wrongful acts and relieves an individual from legal responsibility. It is a congress bill which involves the private interests of a particular individual.  

It is more generally known as exceptional laws and many states proscribe ratifying a private bill as many public laws are present which would generally apply. Private bills revolve around protecting the interests of a specific individual.

swe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. "

- declaration of independence

  according to this passage from the declaration of independence, who gives government the power to exist?

a) the king

b) the people

c) their creator

d) their governmenthook