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Page 61
... follows , viz .: E. D. Morgan , trustee , for $ 1.000.000 , in which the description of the property con- veyed is the same as above , as is also the habendum clause . The true intent and mean- ing of this mortgage are declared to be as ...
... follows , viz .: E. D. Morgan , trustee , for $ 1.000.000 , in which the description of the property con- veyed is the same as above , as is also the habendum clause . The true intent and mean- ing of this mortgage are declared to be as ...
Page 71
... follows : " Sec . 35. All other powers heretofore by law vested in the town of Boston or in the in- habitants thereof as a municipal corporation , or in the city council of the city of Boston , shall be and hereby are continued to be ...
... follows : " Sec . 35. All other powers heretofore by law vested in the town of Boston or in the in- habitants thereof as a municipal corporation , or in the city council of the city of Boston , shall be and hereby are continued to be ...
Page 75
... follow first- class trains descending , under any circum- stances , until such trains are duly reported at next telegraph station . Freight trains must not follow each other descending mountain grades . They may ascend in sections when ...
... follow first- class trains descending , under any circum- stances , until such trains are duly reported at next telegraph station . Freight trains must not follow each other descending mountain grades . They may ascend in sections when ...
Page 82
... follows : " That the legislature of the proper territory may provide for the man- ner in which private lands and possessory claims on the lands of the United States may be condemned , and when such provision shall not have been made ...
... follows : " That the legislature of the proper territory may provide for the man- ner in which private lands and possessory claims on the lands of the United States may be condemned , and when such provision shall not have been made ...
Page 102
... follows : Territory of Colorado , County of Boulder . A. D. 1875 . in marking the boundaries of the claim on the surface of the ground , and thereafter did the requisite annual labor thereon . Having made application for a patent the ...
... follows : Territory of Colorado , County of Boulder . A. D. 1875 . in marking the boundaries of the claim on the surface of the ground , and thereafter did the requisite annual labor thereon . Having made application for a patent the ...
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Page 417 - That the Commission hereby created shall have authority to inquire into the management of the business of all common carriers subject to the provisions of this Act, and shall keep itself informed as to the manner and method in which the same is conducted, and shall have the right to obtain from such common carriers full and complete information necessary to enable the Commission to perform the duties and carry out the objects for which it was created...
Page 423 - Commission, be authorized to charge less for longer than for shorter distances for the transportation of passengers or property ; and the Commission may from time to time prescribe the extent to which such designated common carrier may be relieved from the operation of this section of this act.
Page 141 - No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it.
Page 456 - But where the second action between the same parties is upon a different claim or demand, the judgment in the prior action operates as an estoppel only as to those matters in issue, or points controverted, upon the determination of which the finding or verdict was rendered.
Page 95 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 159 - And he would not for a while : but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man ; yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 238 - The provision in the fourteenth amendment, that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, was not intended to prevent a state from adjusting its system of taxation in all proper and reasonable ways. It may, if it chooses, exempt certain classes of property from any taxation at all, such as churches, libraries and the property of charitable institutions.
Page 233 - ... like and contemporaneous service in the transportation of a like kind of traffic, under substantially similar circumstances and conditions.
Page 143 - In view of the adjudications these principles must be regarded as settled. 1. A railroad corporation is a person within the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment declaring that no State shall deprive any person of property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Page 254 - Every common carrier subject to the provisions of this act shall file with the commission hereinafter provided for copies of its schedules of rates, fares, and charges which have been established and published in compliance with the requirements of this section, and shall promptly notify said commission of all changes made in the same. Every such common carrier shall also file with said commission copies of all contracts, agreements, or arrangements with other common carriers in relation to any traffic...