Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California, Volume 11Commonwealth Club of California, 1916 |
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... land which have heretofore been non - productive and of little value , planting vineyards on land generally unsuited for any other purpose , and hoping to find a market for their grapes , for table consumption , for the making of ...
... land which have heretofore been non - productive and of little value , planting vineyards on land generally unsuited for any other purpose , and hoping to find a market for their grapes , for table consumption , for the making of ...
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... LAND TAX AMENDMENT No. 7 In August , 1916 , an initiative petition was filed with the Secretary of State of California asking for the submission of an amendment to the Constitution providing that all public revenues after January 1 ...
... LAND TAX AMENDMENT No. 7 In August , 1916 , an initiative petition was filed with the Secretary of State of California asking for the submission of an amendment to the Constitution providing that all public revenues after January 1 ...
Page 330
... land tax amend- ment to the Constitution to be submitted at the November election . I believe the opponents of the measure designate it as the Single Tax Amendment . I do not know what its supporters call it . It is referred to on the ...
... land tax amend- ment to the Constitution to be submitted at the November election . I believe the opponents of the measure designate it as the Single Tax Amendment . I do not know what its supporters call it . It is referred to on the ...
Page 331
... land values exclusive of improvements , and no tax or charge for revenue shall be imposed on any labor product , occupation , business or person ; but this shall not prevent the assessment of incomes and inheritances to provide funds ...
... land values exclusive of improvements , and no tax or charge for revenue shall be imposed on any labor product , occupation , business or person ; but this shall not prevent the assessment of incomes and inheritances to provide funds ...
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... land values " will abolish poverty . On the contrary we hold that the institution of private property in land is a very wholesome one , stimulating industry and thrift , and that the confiscation of land values would be unjust to the ...
... land values " will abolish poverty . On the contrary we hold that the institution of private property in land is a very wholesome one , stimulating industry and thrift , and that the confiscation of land values would be unjust to the ...
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Page 566 - Our constitution declares a treaty to be the law of the land. It is, consequently, to be regarded in courts of justice as equivalent to an act of the legislature, whenever it operates of itself without the aid of any legislative provision.
Page 565 - The constitution confers absolutely on the government of the Union, the powers of making war, and of making treaties ; consequently, that government possesses the power of acquiring territory, either by conquest or by treaty.
Page 561 - The treaty power, as expressed in the Constitution, is in terms unlimited except by those restraints which are found in that instrument against the action of the government or of its departments, and those arising from the nature of the government itself and of that of the States. It would not be contended that it extends so far as to authorize what the Constitution forbids...
Page 570 - 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 519 - ... to pass acts for the regulation of trade and commerce, as well with foreign nations as with each other...
Page 591 - But the proposition that there are legislative powers affecting the nation as a whole which belong to, although not expressed in the grant of powers, is in direct conflict with the doctrine that this is a government of enumerated powers.
Page 572 - It is the declared will of the people of the United States that every treaty made by the authority of the United States shall be superior to the constitution and laws of any individual state; and their will alone is to decide.
Page 563 - A treaty is in its nature a contract between two nations, is not a legislative act. It does not generally effect of itself, the object to be accomplished, especially so far as its operation is infraterritorial, but is carried into execution by the sovereign power of the respective parties to the instrument.
Page 566 - By the Constitution a treaty is placed on the same footing, and made of like obligation, with an act of legislation. Both are declared by that instrument to be the supreme law of the land, and no superior efficacy is given to either over the other.
Page 544 - Congress is empowered to do. Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the States.