A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union |
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... possessed by the general government 525 • 525 , 526 What property subject to the right . Legislative authority requisite to its exercise 526 · 527 Strict compliance with conditions precedent necessary Statutes for exercise of , not to ...
... possessed by the general government 525 • 525 , 526 What property subject to the right . Legislative authority requisite to its exercise 526 · 527 Strict compliance with conditions precedent necessary Statutes for exercise of , not to ...
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... XVII . THE EXPRESSION OF THE POPULAR WILL . People possessed of the sovereignty , but can only exercise it under legal forms ; elections the mode · 598 Who to participate in elections ; conditions of residence , xvi TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... XVII . THE EXPRESSION OF THE POPULAR WILL . People possessed of the sovereignty , but can only exercise it under legal forms ; elections the mode · 598 Who to participate in elections ; conditions of residence , xvi TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... possess powers of regulation which are not sovereign powers , inasmuch as they are liable to be controlled , or for the time being to become altogether dormant , by the exercise of a power vested in the general government in respect to ...
... possess powers of regulation which are not sovereign powers , inasmuch as they are liable to be controlled , or for the time being to become altogether dormant , by the exercise of a power vested in the general government in respect to ...
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... possessed by the individual or body which exercises the powers of ordinary legislation . Where the law - making depart- ment of a state is restricted in its powers by a written fundamental law , as in the American States , we understand ...
... possessed by the individual or body which exercises the powers of ordinary legislation . Where the law - making depart- ment of a state is restricted in its powers by a written fundamental law , as in the American States , we understand ...
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... possessed by the United States was [ prior to the Revo- lution ] a part of the dominions appertaining to the crown of Great Britain . Every acre of land in this country was then held , mediately or immediately , by grants from that ...
... possessed by the United States was [ prior to the Revo- lution ] a part of the dominions appertaining to the crown of Great Britain . Every acre of land in this country was then held , mediately or immediately , by grants from that ...
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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.