A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American UnionLittle, Brown, 1903 - 1036 pages |
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... Council of Detroit , 28 Mich . 228 ; People v . Albertson , 55 N. Y. 50 ... municipal water supply system . That action to that ef- fect was invalid for ... corporation shall be granted any special or exclusive privilege or immunity ...
... Council of Detroit , 28 Mich . 228 ; People v . Albertson , 55 N. Y. 50 ... municipal water supply system . That action to that ef- fect was invalid for ... corporation shall be granted any special or exclusive privilege or immunity ...
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... municipal corporations , and of the powers of legislation which may be and commonly are bestowed upon them , and the bestowal of which is not to be considered as trenching upon the maxim that legislative power must not be delegated ...
... municipal corporations , and of the powers of legislation which may be and commonly are bestowed upon them , and the bestowal of which is not to be considered as trenching upon the maxim that legislative power must not be delegated ...
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... municipal corporation had no power , as a party , to make a con- tract which should control or embarrass its discharge of legislative duties . And see post , p . 295. In Coats v . Mayor , & c . of New York , 7 Cow . 585 , it was decided ...
... municipal corporation had no power , as a party , to make a con- tract which should control or embarrass its discharge of legislative duties . And see post , p . 295. In Coats v . Mayor , & c . of New York , 7 Cow . 585 , it was decided ...
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... municipal corporations : State v . Wilson , 12 Lea , 246 ; [ Burnett v . Maloney , 97 Tenn . 697 , 37 S. W. 689 , 34 L. R. A. 511 ; nor in Wisconsin a commission cre- ated under the police power to establish drains . State v . Stewart ...
... municipal corporations : State v . Wilson , 12 Lea , 246 ; [ Burnett v . Maloney , 97 Tenn . 697 , 37 S. W. 689 , 34 L. R. A. 511 ; nor in Wisconsin a commission cre- ated under the police power to establish drains . State v . Stewart ...
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... municipal corporation for local purposes , it is evident that this maxim is applied in the case in a much restricted ... municipality . The property of women is taxable , notwithstanding they are not al- lowed a voice in choosing ...
... municipal corporation for local purposes , it is evident that this maxim is applied in the case in a much restricted ... municipality . The property of women is taxable , notwithstanding they are not al- lowed a voice in choosing ...
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Page 30 - ... where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any state, on the ground of their being repugnant to the constitution, treaties, or laws, of the United States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity...
Page 503 - ... no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty or estate; but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 599 - No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 373 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 373 - I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto ; that I have neither sought nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise, the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Page 367 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Page 599 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases.
Page 601 - That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
Page 124 - The Legislature shall protect by law, from forced sale, a certain portion of the homestead and other property of all heads of families.
Page 249 - If, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken out, that which remains is complete in itself, and capable of being executed in accordance with the apparent legislative intent, wholly independent of that which was rejected, it must be sustained.