Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 462 pages |
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... Oakes Ames and James Brooks , two prominent characters among railroad men , and whom he has had occasion to name , have died . Some changes in the laws of congress have been made af- fecting the interests of corporations . The law ...
... Oakes Ames and James Brooks , two prominent characters among railroad men , and whom he has had occasion to name , have died . Some changes in the laws of congress have been made af- fecting the interests of corporations . The law ...
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... Oakes Ames , of Boston , and G. M. Dodge , of Iowa . It would seem that this road , running southwest to Fremont , and there uniting with the Pacific , would afford all necessary facilities for securing the transportation of the mails ...
... Oakes Ames , of Boston , and G. M. Dodge , of Iowa . It would seem that this road , running southwest to Fremont , and there uniting with the Pacific , would afford all necessary facilities for securing the transportation of the mails ...
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... Oakes Ames , John I. Blair , D. C. Blair , and G. M. Dodge . Ames was a member of the late congress , and G. M. Dodge is an ex - member . Among the directors of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri river company appear the names of John B. Alley ...
... Oakes Ames , John I. Blair , D. C. Blair , and G. M. Dodge . Ames was a member of the late congress , and G. M. Dodge is an ex - member . Among the directors of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri river company appear the names of John B. Alley ...
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... Oakes Ames and James Brooks . How many more held stock we cannot tell ; but the fact that members were stockholders and directors must have been known to the different departments , for , under the charter of these companies , the ...
... Oakes Ames and James Brooks . How many more held stock we cannot tell ; but the fact that members were stockholders and directors must have been known to the different departments , for , under the charter of these companies , the ...
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... Ames ( brother of Oakes Ames , contractor and member of con- gress ) , C. S. Bushnell , Springer Harbaugh , and Thomas C. Du- rant . The seven directors of the company who were made trus- tees , and who signed the transfer of the ...
... Ames ( brother of Oakes Ames , contractor and member of con- gress ) , C. S. Bushnell , Springer Harbaugh , and Thomas C. Du- rant . The seven directors of the company who were made trus- tees , and who signed the transfer of the ...
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Page 356 - ... legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt...
Page 87 - This government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent to have required to be enforced by all those arguments which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found it necessary to urge. That principle is now universally admitted.
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Page 394 - If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.
Page 24 - Company," its successors and assigns, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of said railroad and telegraph line to the Pacific coast, and to secure the safe and speedy transportation of the mails, troops, munitions of war, and public stores...
Page 279 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
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Page 373 - States to make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts, when Mr.
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Page 399 - The degree in which a measure is necessary can never be a test of the legal right to adopt it; that must be a matter of opinion, and can only be a test of expediency.