Annual Report of the Attorney General of the State of MichiganMichigan Attorney General, 1899 |
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On the contrary , it is clear to me that it was the intention of the framers of the constitution to give power to the Governor to make provisional appointments only ; to provide for the filling of the office until such a time as the ...
On the contrary , it is clear to me that it was the intention of the framers of the constitution to give power to the Governor to make provisional appointments only ; to provide for the filling of the office until such a time as the ...
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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.
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| Title | Annual Report of the Attorney General of the State of Michigan |
| Authors | Michigan. Attorney General's Office, Michigan. Department of Attorney General |
| Publisher | Michigan Attorney General, 1899 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
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