The Southwestern Reporter, Volume 53West Publishing Company, 1900 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... constitution . The next objection is that , under section 181 of the present constitution , the legislature could not delegate to the city council the right to assess and collect a license tax . In sup- port of this proposition , it is ...
... constitution . The next objection is that , under section 181 of the present constitution , the legislature could not delegate to the city council the right to assess and collect a license tax . In sup- port of this proposition , it is ...
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... constitutional convention shows that the words " general law " were originally in the section , but were afterwards ... constitution concerning the passage of bills . 1 Reported by Edward W. Hines , Esq . , of the Frankfort bar , and ...
... constitutional convention shows that the words " general law " were originally in the section , but were afterwards ... constitution concerning the passage of bills . 1 Reported by Edward W. Hines , Esq . , of the Frankfort bar , and ...
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... constitutional convention that , when reported from the com- mittee , this section read as follows : " Except as otherwise provided in this constitution , va- cancies in all offices shall be filled by election or appointment . If the ...
... constitutional convention that , when reported from the com- mittee , this section read as follows : " Except as otherwise provided in this constitution , va- cancies in all offices shall be filled by election or appointment . If the ...
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... constitution of which it is said to be in violation are as follows : " No state tax shall be allowed , or appropriation of money made , except to raise means for the payment of the just debts of the state , for defraying the nec- essary ...
... constitution of which it is said to be in violation are as follows : " No state tax shall be allowed , or appropriation of money made , except to raise means for the payment of the just debts of the state , for defraying the nec- essary ...
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... constitution , but they have jurisdiction to determine whether or not any department has acted within its constitu- tional sphere . 3. Under Const . art . 6 , § 1 , which provides that the judicial power of the state shall be vest- ed ...
... constitution , but they have jurisdiction to determine whether or not any department has acted within its constitu- tional sphere . 3. Under Const . art . 6 , § 1 , which provides that the judicial power of the state shall be vest- ed ...
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Page 9 - When the transfer is by will or intestate law, of property within the state, and the decedent was a nonresident of the state, at the time of his death.
Page 98 - Loss or damage, if any, under this policy shall be payable to as mortgagee (or trustee) as interest may appear, and this insurance, as to the interest of the mortgagee (or trustee) only therein, shall not be invalidated by any act or neglect of the mortgagor or owner...
Page 169 - ... is in continual jeopardy of being overpowered, awed, or influenced by its coordinate branches; and that as nothing can contribute so much to its firmness and independence as permanency in office, this quality may therefore be justly regarded as an indispensable ingredient in its constitution, and, in a great measure, as the citadel of the public justice and the public security.
Page 167 - This constitution defines the extent of the powers of the general government. If the general legislature should at any time overleap their limits, the judicial department is a constitutional check. If the United States go beyond their powers, if they make a law which the constitution does not authorize, it is void, and the judicial power, the national judges, who, to secure their impartiality, are to be made independent, will declare it to be void.
Page 133 - Assembly may be about to proceed shall have notice thereof, accompanied by a copy of the causes alleged for his removal, at least twenty days before the day on which either house of the General Assembly shall act thereon.
Page 48 - ... happening by chance ; unexpectedly taking place; not according to the usual course of things, or not as expected;' that, if a result is such as follows from ordinary means, voluntarily employed, in a not unusual or unexpected way, it cannot be called a, result effected by accidental means; but thai if, in the act which precedes the injury, something unforeseen, unexpected, unusual occurs which produces the injury, then the injury has resulted through accidental means.
Page 157 - No person or persons belonging to one of these departments shall exercise any of the powers properly belonging to either of the others, except in the cases herein directed or permitted.
Page 169 - ... union must ensue from a dependence of the former on the latter, notwithstanding a nominal and apparent separation; that as, from the natural feebleness of the judiciary, it is in continual jeopardy...
Page 312 - ... in actions by or against executors, administrators, or guardians, in which judgment may be rendered for or against them, neither party shall be allowed to testify against the other as to any transaction with, or statement by, the testator, intestate, or ward, unless called to testify thereto by the opposite party, or required to testify thereto by the court.
Page 169 - Hence it is that there can be but few men in the society who will have sufficient skill in the laws to qualify them for the stations of judges. And making the proper deductions for the ordinary depravity of human nature, the number must be still smaller of those who unite the requisite integrity with the requisite knowledge.