Report of the Attorney GeneralAttorney General's Office, 1918 - Attorneys general's opinions |
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... constitutional objection to the acquisition of the Boston & Maine Railroad by the Com- monwealth , notwithstanding the fact that certain portions of it lie outside of the boundaries of the Commonwealth . Railroad Co. v . County of Otoe ...
... constitutional objection to the acquisition of the Boston & Maine Railroad by the Com- monwealth , notwithstanding the fact that certain portions of it lie outside of the boundaries of the Commonwealth . Railroad Co. v . County of Otoe ...
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... Constitution of Pennsylvania provided that such officers should " hold their offices for three years , if they shall so long behave themselves well , and until their successors shall be duly qualified . Vacancies in any of said offices ...
... Constitution of Pennsylvania provided that such officers should " hold their offices for three years , if they shall so long behave themselves well , and until their successors shall be duly qualified . Vacancies in any of said offices ...
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... Constitution provided that whenever the term of any officer was fixed by law " the same shall be con- strued to mean ... constitutional provision such as we are now considering , a term of office fixed by statute runs , not only for the ...
... Constitution provided that whenever the term of any officer was fixed by law " the same shall be con- strued to mean ... constitutional provision such as we are now considering , a term of office fixed by statute runs , not only for the ...
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... Constitutional Convention is not an " office under the government of this commonwealth " within the meaning of article XIII of the Amendments to our Constitution , and the holding of the office of justice of any court of the ...
... Constitutional Convention is not an " office under the government of this commonwealth " within the meaning of article XIII of the Amendments to our Constitution , and the holding of the office of justice of any court of the ...
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... constitution they are admitted to hold , saving that the judges of the said court may hold the offices of justices of the peace through the state ; nor shall they hold any other place or office , or receive any pension or salary from ...
... constitution they are admitted to hold , saving that the judges of the said court may hold the offices of justices of the peace through the state ; nor shall they hold any other place or office , or receive any pension or salary from ...
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Page 82 - In all controversies concerning property, and in all suits between two or more persons, except in cases in which it has heretofore been otherways used and practised...
Page 20 - Government is instituted for the common good ; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people ; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men ; Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government ; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it.
Page 19 - The end of the institution, maintenance, and administration of government, is to secure the existence of the body politic, to protect it, and to furnish the individuals who compose it with the power of enjoying in safety and tranquility their natural rights, and the blessings of life...
Page 126 - Any person who shall have been duly enlisted and mustered into the military or naval service of the United States, as a part of the quota of any...
Page 114 - ... of Part I of chapter four hundred and ninety of the acts of the year nineteen hundred and nine...
Page 19 - No governor, lieutenant-governor, or judge of the supreme judicial court, shall hold any other office or place, under the authority of this commonwealth, except such as by this constitution they are admitted to hold, saving that the judges of the said court may hold the offices of justices or the peace through the state...
Page 38 - ... every kind of trading or commercial dealing or intercourse, whether by transmission of money or goods, or orders for the delivery of either, between the two countries, directly or indirectly, or through the intervention of third persons or partnerships, or by contracts in any form looking to or involving such transmission, or by insurances upon trade with or by the enemy.
Page 25 - The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the constitution, to make, ordain and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth, and of the subjects of the same.
Page 25 - And further, full power and authority are hereby given and granted to the said general court, from time to time to make, ordain, and establish, all manner of wholesome and reasonable orders, laws, statutes, and ordinances, directions and instructions...
Page 167 - That the person named as agent is a proper person, and that he has no private interest in the arrest of the fugitive. (e) If there has been any former application for a requisition for the same person, growing out of the same transaction, it must be so stated, with an explanation of the reasons for a second request, together with the date of such application, as near as may be.