National University Law Review, Volume 6National University Law School, 1926 - Law |
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... Congress . At the present time there are eleven Commissioners , each receiving an anual salary of $ 12,000 . They are appointed for seven - year terms , and not more than six to be appointed from the same political party . Re ...
... Congress . At the present time there are eleven Commissioners , each receiving an anual salary of $ 12,000 . They are appointed for seven - year terms , and not more than six to be appointed from the same political party . Re ...
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... Congress has so greatly amplified the powers of the Commission . It may be sug- gested with all respect due to the Commission that another factor in the situation is the average mortal's aversion to follow closely any matter which ...
... Congress has so greatly amplified the powers of the Commission . It may be sug- gested with all respect due to the Commission that another factor in the situation is the average mortal's aversion to follow closely any matter which ...
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... Congress should presume it to be within the realm of human achievement for eleven men to be possessed of so much expert technical knowledge , intelligence , and ability , and at the same time be possessed of a sufficiently judicial na ...
... Congress should presume it to be within the realm of human achievement for eleven men to be possessed of so much expert technical knowledge , intelligence , and ability , and at the same time be possessed of a sufficiently judicial na ...
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... Congress thus de- termined , the Sixteenth Amendment was adopted , in words lucidly expressing the object to be accomplished . " The Congress shall have power to lay and col- lect taxes on incomes , from whatever source de- rived ...
... Congress thus de- termined , the Sixteenth Amendment was adopted , in words lucidly expressing the object to be accomplished . " The Congress shall have power to lay and col- lect taxes on incomes , from whatever source de- rived ...
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... Congress . " " With these general ideas of the nature of " income " in mind , it is possible to take up the consideration of the de- velopment of income taxes in the United States and the various classifications of income ...
... Congress . " " With these general ideas of the nature of " income " in mind , it is possible to take up the consideration of the de- velopment of income taxes in the United States and the various classifications of income ...
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Page 29 - That if any person shall, within the territory or jurisdiction of the United States, enlist or enter himself, or hire or retain another person to enlist or enter himself, or to go beyond the limits or jurisdiction of the United States with intent to be enlisted or entered in the service of any foreign prince, State, colony, district, or people, as a soldier, or as a marine or seaman, on board of any vessel of war, letter of marque, or privateer, every person, so offending, shall be deemed guilty...
Page 30 - ... means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties ; to be free to use them in all lawful ways ; to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling ; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper, necessary and essential to his carrying...
Page 19 - ... The jurisdiction of the nation within its own territory is necessarily exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no limitation not imposed by itself. Any restriction upon it, deriving validity from an external source, would imply a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of the restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to the same extent in that power which could impose such restriction.
Page 8 - ... avail itself of experience, to exercise its reason, and to accommodate its legislation to circumstances.
Page 2 - If not found to be so, we must look to those settled usages and modes of proceeding existing in the common and statute law of England before the emigration of our ancestors, and which are shown not to have been unsuited to their civil and political condition, by having been acted on by them after the settlement of this country.
Page 48 - ... gains, profits, and income derived from salaries, wages, or compensation for personal service of whatever kind and in whatever form paid, or from professions, vocations...
Page 48 - July seventeenth, nineteen hundred and sixteen; the compensation of the present President of the United States during the term for which he has been elected, and the judges of the Supreme and inferior courts of the United States now in office, and the compensation of all officers and employees of a State, or any political subdivision thereof, except when such compensation is paid by the United States Government.
Page 7 - This provision is made in a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and, consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Page 70 - Income may be defined as the gain derived from capital, from labor, or from both combined," provided it be understood to include profit gained through a sale or conversion of capital assets, to which it was applied in the Doyle Case (pp.
Page 88 - The income of foreign governments received from investments in the United States in stocks, bonds, or other domestic securities, owned by such foreign governments, or from interest on deposits in banks in the United States of moneys belonging to such foreign governments, or from any other source within the United States...