Annual Report of the Attorney General of the State of MichiganMichigan Attorney General, 1899 |
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... districts on a per capita basis , as required by law . The demand was made by relator in each case upon the Auditor General by writ of mandamus to compel him to transfer these taxes from the primary school fund to the general tax fund ...
... districts on a per capita basis , as required by law . The demand was made by relator in each case upon the Auditor General by writ of mandamus to compel him to transfer these taxes from the primary school fund to the general tax fund ...
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... district of Michigan , on the ground of diverse citizenship . It appeared from the agreed statement of facts that if all the Michigan assets of the corporation were applied to the payment of Michigan creditors , their claims would be ...
... district of Michigan , on the ground of diverse citizenship . It appeared from the agreed statement of facts that if all the Michigan assets of the corporation were applied to the payment of Michigan creditors , their claims would be ...
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... district , which shall at any annual , special or general election during the years eighteen hundred and ninety - seven and eighteen hundred and ninety - eight determine , by a majority vote of the qualified electors of said district ...
... district , which shall at any annual , special or general election during the years eighteen hundred and ninety - seven and eighteen hundred and ninety - eight determine , by a majority vote of the qualified electors of said district ...
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... District Court ; Regent of the University or member of the State Board of Education . " And in Section 10 these words are found : " When a vacancy shall occur in the office of Judge of the Circuit Court , Regent of the University , or ...
... District Court ; Regent of the University or member of the State Board of Education . " And in Section 10 these words are found : " When a vacancy shall occur in the office of Judge of the Circuit Court , Regent of the University , or ...
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... district , county , township , city or village , for which he shall have been elected or appointed , or within which the duties of his office are re- quired to be discharged . 5. His conviction of any infamous crime , or of any offense ...
... district , county , township , city or village , for which he shall have been elected or appointed , or within which the duties of his office are re- quired to be discharged . 5. His conviction of any infamous crime , or of any offense ...
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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.