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" 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... "
Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including Proceedings of the ... - Page 498
by American Bar Association - 1905
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 39-40

Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 1878 pages
...1, Chief Justice WAITE, on page 9, says: "The powers thus granted [to congress to regulate commerce] are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce,...to the new developments of time and circumstances. " The same may undoubtedly be said of articles of commerce. This consideration alone would seem decisive...
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Judge and Jury: A Popular Explanation of Leading Topics in the Law of the Land

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott - Administrative law - 1880 - 464 pages
...The doctrine of the court is that the powers of Congress are not confined to the instrumentalities known or in use when the Constitution was adopted,...they keep pace with the progress of the country, and apply to new developments. They extend from the horse and his rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing-vessel...
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The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the ...

United States. President - United States - 1880 - 1080 pages
...national in their operation, they should be under theprotecting care of the national government. Tie powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce or the postal service known or in*nse whou the constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country, and...
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 151-152

Law reports, digests, etc - 1907 - 2170 pages
...the instruments of such intercourse and trade as the ships and vessels. It is also established that the powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce as they were known or in use when the Constitution was adopted. In Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 19

Science - 1881 - 904 pages
...telegraph : " The powers thus granted arc not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or of the postal service, known or in use when the Constitution...to the new developments of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing-vessel to the steamboat,...
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The North American Review, Volume 132

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1881 - 674 pages
...instrumentalities of commerce or of the postal services known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt...to the new developments of time and circumstances. Chief -Justice Wait«, in delivering the opinion in this case, said: " Since the case of Gibbons against...
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Annual Reports. Report of the Postmaster-General. Miscellaneous Reports

United States. Post Office Dept - 1883 - 812 pages
...in Pensacola Telegraph Company r. Western Union Telegraph Company, 90 US, 1, 1), holds as follows: "The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities...adapt themselves to the new developments of time and circumstunces. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing vessel...
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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the ..., Volume 1

John Bouvier - Law - 1883 - 870 pages
...confined to the instrumentalities of commerce known or in use when the constitution was adopted, but keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt...to the new developments of time and circumstances; 96 TJ. S. 1. The fact that congress has not legislated in regard to such commerce does not make it...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th ..., Volume 9

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1884 - 824 pages
...resort, in Fensacola Telegraph Company v. Western Union Telegraph Company, 96 US, 1, 9, holds as follows: "The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce or the postal service known or in nse when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt...
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Commentaries on Law, Embracing Chapters on the Nature, the Source, and the ...

Francis Wharton - Constitutional law - 1884 - 882 pages
...their generic character, are confined within the limits the Constitution prescribes. These powers " keep pace with the progress of the country ; and adapt themselves to the new development of times and circumstances. They extend from the horse witli its rider to the stage coach,...
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