Transactions of the Commonwealth Club of California, Volume 11Commonwealth Club of California, 1916 |
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... referred to later . Kinds of Mosquitos in California Two or three things are fundamental in our effort to control malaria . If it is correct , that successful malaria control and mosquito control are virtually synonymous , then there ...
... referred to later . Kinds of Mosquitos in California Two or three things are fundamental in our effort to control malaria . If it is correct , that successful malaria control and mosquito control are virtually synonymous , then there ...
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... referred to the speaker emphasized his conviction that the State of California by special act ought to set aside not less than $ 200,000 to be used in the control of mosquitos . Not because we are worse off in this 16 THE MALARIA PROBLEM.
... referred to the speaker emphasized his conviction that the State of California by special act ought to set aside not less than $ 200,000 to be used in the control of mosquitos . Not because we are worse off in this 16 THE MALARIA PROBLEM.
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... referred to by Dr. Ebright . The above sum could be made to bring about maximum returns by meeting each proposed mosquito control district half way in the estimated cost of the work . Thus if $ 15,000 is needed to carry on the work , it ...
... referred to by Dr. Ebright . The above sum could be made to bring about maximum returns by meeting each proposed mosquito control district half way in the estimated cost of the work . Thus if $ 15,000 is needed to carry on the work , it ...
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... referred , at its last special session passed a resolution asking the Judges of the Supreme and Appellate Courts throughout the State , and the Bar Associations , to make some suggestion and offer some remedy for this condition , and ...
... referred , at its last special session passed a resolution asking the Judges of the Supreme and Appellate Courts throughout the State , and the Bar Associations , to make some suggestion and offer some remedy for this condition , and ...
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... referred briefly here to the history and to the present situa- tion respecting our courts . Coming down now to the question as to what is to be done to expedite the hearing of cases , we are confronted with a condition and not a theory ...
... referred briefly here to the history and to the present situa- tion respecting our courts . Coming down now to the question as to what is to be done to expedite the hearing of cases , we are confronted with a condition and not a theory ...
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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.