A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union |
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... . What constitutes a taking Consequential injuries do not 538 539-541 541-557 · 541-544 Appropriation of highway to plank road or railroad 545-557 Whether the fee in the land can be taken Compensation TABLE OF CONTENTS . XV.
... . What constitutes a taking Consequential injuries do not 538 539-541 541-557 · 541-544 Appropriation of highway to plank road or railroad 545-557 Whether the fee in the land can be taken Compensation TABLE OF CONTENTS . XV.
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... appropriated by any nation , the dividing line between sovereignties is usually a territorial line . In American consti- tutional law , however , there is a division of the powers of sov- ereignty between the national and state ...
... appropriated by any nation , the dividing line between sovereignties is usually a territorial line . In American consti- tutional law , however , there is a division of the powers of sov- ereignty between the national and state ...
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... appropriating the private property of one person for the private purposes of another , on compensation made , was valid ... appropriation of property for a public use shall authorize more to be taken than the use requires , although such ...
... appropriating the private property of one person for the private purposes of another , on compensation made , was valid ... appropriation of property for a public use shall authorize more to be taken than the use requires , although such ...
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... appropriation this common right was extinguished , - Peck v . Lockwood , 5 Day , 22 , the by - law in effect deprived every citizen , except residents of the township , of rights which were vested so far as from the - And for like ...
... appropriation this common right was extinguished , - Peck v . Lockwood , 5 Day , 22 , the by - law in effect deprived every citizen , except residents of the township , of rights which were vested so far as from the - And for like ...
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... appropriated . The illegality of the by - law is the same , whether it may deprive one of the use of a part or the whole of his property ; no one can be so deprived , unless the public good requires it . And the law will not allow the ...
... appropriated . The illegality of the by - law is the same , whether it may deprive one of the use of a part or the whole of his property ; no one can be so deprived , unless the public good requires it . And the law will not allow the ...
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Page 509 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 10 - States; 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Page 510 - Laws shall be passed, taxing by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise; and also all real and personal property, according to its true value in money...
Page 416 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 182 - The question, whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the Constitution, is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which ought seldom, if ever, to be decided in the affirmative, in a doubtful case.
Page 11 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Page 256 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Page 299 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter !— all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 35 - ... that no law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the rights of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances; that no law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, and that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship without discrimination or preference shall forever be allowed.
Page 2 - The general government, and the States, although both exist within the same territorial limits, are separate and distinct sovereignties, acting separately and independently of each other, within their respective spheres. The former in its appropriate sphere is supreme; but the States within the limits of their powers not granted, or, in the language of the Tenth Amendment, "reserved," are as independent of the general government as that government within its sphere is independent of the States.