Annual Report of the Attorney General of the State of MichiganMichigan Attorney General, 1899 |
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... constitution of Michigan . The important question involved being : Is the title to the amended act , No. 228 , of the Laws of 1897 , broad enough to include union depots ? The supreme court denied the writ of relator . ( Reported in 76 ...
... constitution of Michigan . The important question involved being : Is the title to the amended act , No. 228 , of the Laws of 1897 , broad enough to include union depots ? The supreme court denied the writ of relator . ( Reported in 76 ...
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... constitution of the United States . It further alleged that the act was in violation of the 14th amendment of the constitution of the United States , in that it deprived the company of its property and liberty of contract without due ...
... constitution of the United States . It further alleged that the act was in violation of the 14th amendment of the constitution of the United States , in that it deprived the company of its property and liberty of contract without due ...
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... and telegraph companies under the constitution . The taxes have been heretofore paid by the Auditor General , when received , into the primary school fund and apportioned to the different school 26 ATTORNEY GENERAL .
... and telegraph companies under the constitution . The taxes have been heretofore paid by the Auditor General , when received , into the primary school fund and apportioned to the different school 26 ATTORNEY GENERAL .
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... constitutional requirement of uni- formity has been violated . Both cases were most carefully prepared and presented to ... constitution . The supreme court held that the applications be granted - that of the telephone company as prayed ...
... constitutional requirement of uni- formity has been violated . Both cases were most carefully prepared and presented to ... constitution . The supreme court held that the applications be granted - that of the telephone company as prayed ...
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... constitution of the United States . The United States circuit court of appeals , following the above case , affirm the decree of the court below . Horace M. Oren , Attorney General , v . Michigan Accident Association of Kala- mazoo ...
... constitution of the United States . The United States circuit court of appeals , following the above case , affirm the decree of the court below . Horace M. Oren , Attorney General , v . Michigan Accident Association of Kala- mazoo ...
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Page 76 - ... shall go into effect or in any manner be in force, unless the same shall be submitted to a vote of the people at the general election next succeeding the passage of the same, and be approved by a majority of all the votes cast at such election for or against such law.
Page 60 - Bond : For indemnifying any person or persons, firm, or corporation who shall have become bound or engaged as surety for the payment of any sum of money, or for the due execution or performance of the duties of any office or position, and to account for money received by virtue thereof, and all other bonds of any description, except such as may be required in legal proceedings, not otherwise provided for in this schedule, 50 cents.
Page 59 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 139 - Where the performance of any act is prohibited by any statute, and no penalty for the violation of such statute is imposed, either in the same section containing such prohibition, or in any other section or statute, the doing such act shall be deemed a misdemeanor.
Page 159 - The incidental advantage to the public, or to the State, which results from the promotion of private interests and the prosperity of private enterprises or business, does not justify their aid by the use of public money raised by taxation or for which taxation may become necessary.
Page 78 - ... time at least, is to control alike the government and the governed, and to form a standard by which is to be measured the power which can be exercised as well by the delegate as by the sovereign people themselves. If directions are given respecting the times or modes of proceeding in which a power should be exercised, there is at least a strong presumption that the people designed it should be exercised, in that time and mode only...
Page 78 - It is the province of an instrument of this solemn and permanent character to establish those fundamental maxims, and fix those unvarying rules, by which all departments of the government must at all times shape their conduct; and if it descends to prescribing mere rules of order in unessential matters, it is lowering the proper dignity of such an instrument and usurping the proper province of ordinary legislation.
Page 17 - ... shall — 1. Offend against any of the provisions of the act or acts creating, altering, or renewing, such corporation ; or, 2. Violate the provisions of any law, by which such corporation shall have forfeited its charter, by abuse of its powers; or, 3.
Page 159 - The credit of the State shall not be granted to, or in aid of any person, association or corporation.
Page 158 - We have established, we think, beyond cavil, that there can be no lawful tax which is not laid for a public purpose. It may not be easy to draw the line in all cases, so as to decide what is a public purpose in this sense, and what is not.