 The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt themselves to the new developments of...  Supreme Court Reporter - Page 3221903Full view - About this book
 | 1896 - 1154 pages
...delivered by Chief Justice Waite says: The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of the postal service known or in use when the constitution...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stagecoach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and steamboat to the railroad,... | |
 | Printing - 1896 - 1244 pages
...by Chief Justice Waite, says: "The powers^ thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of the postal service known or in use when the constitution...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and steamboat to the railroad,... | |
 | Law - 1897 - 380 pages
...court of Nebraska laid down the principle (in State v. Neb. Tel. Co., 17 Nebr., 126) that the courts keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt...time and circumstances. They extend from the horse and its rider to the stage coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and steamboat... | |
 | Charles Fisk Beach - Antitrust law - 1898 - 840 pages
...the particular kinds of service known or in use at the time when those principles were enunciated, 'but they keep pace with the progress of the country,...to the stage coach, from the sailing vessel to the steam boat, from the coach and the steamboat to the railroad, and from the railroad to the telegraph,'... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - Constitutional law - 1898 - 702 pages
...The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal system known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the wnintry, and adapt themselves to the new developments of times and circumstances. They extend from... | |
 | Charles Fisk Beach - Antitrust law - 1898 - 842 pages
...establish 'post offices and post roads, are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or of the postal service known or in use when the constitution was adopted, but keep pace with the progress of the country and adapt themselves to the new developments of time and... | |
 | Ezra Parmalee Prentice, John Garret Egan - Constitutional law - 1898 - 470 pages
...use of the great modern agency of credit This is clearly not true. The powers conferred on Congress keep pace with the progress of the country and adapt themselves to new developments of time and circumstance.1 Under present conditions a bill of exchange is essential... | |
 | John McAuley Palmer - Illinois - 1899 - 850 pages
...Western Telegraph Company (i)2 L". S., ii>): "They (the powers of government over mails and commerce) extend from the horse with its rider to the stage coa'ch, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and the steamboat to the railroad, and from the railroad to the telegraph, as these... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1900 - 778 pages
...operation, they should be under the protecting care of the national government. "The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce,...stage coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and the steamboat to the railroad, and from the railroad to the telegraph, as these... | |
 | Emlin McClain - Constitutional law - 1900 - 1126 pages
...they ' should be under the protecting care of the national government. The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce,...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing-vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and the steamboat to the railroad,... | |
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