Report of the State Civil Service Commission, Volume 4The Commission, 1887 |
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... Statute is a remedial measure , radical in its character , aiming at two important objects , shown by the teachings of history to be essential to popular liberty and to the preservation of our admirable form of government . One of these ...
... Statute is a remedial measure , radical in its character , aiming at two important objects , shown by the teachings of history to be essential to popular liberty and to the preservation of our admirable form of government . One of these ...
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... statute . Probably the form of the use of money that is most reprehensible , and that has shocked public sentiment most , is the species of bribery , on the one hand , and extortion on the other , found in the enormous assessments ...
... statute . Probably the form of the use of money that is most reprehensible , and that has shocked public sentiment most , is the species of bribery , on the one hand , and extortion on the other , found in the enormous assessments ...
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... statute , but its demoralizing , degrading , and corrupting influence is undeniable . A remedy for this evil might be found in the absolute prohibition of any assessments or expenditures of money for judicial positions , except for the ...
... statute , but its demoralizing , degrading , and corrupting influence is undeniable . A remedy for this evil might be found in the absolute prohibition of any assessments or expenditures of money for judicial positions , except for the ...
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... statute , and every act done against it is not only illegal , but absolutely void . " In Potter's " Dwarris on Statutes , " page 161 , this principle is laid down , which applies to illegal appointments as well as illegal payments ...
... statute , and every act done against it is not only illegal , but absolutely void . " In Potter's " Dwarris on Statutes , " page 161 , this principle is laid down , which applies to illegal appointments as well as illegal payments ...
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public concern , a person guilty of disobedience to the statute , besides being answerable in an action to the party injured , is like- wise liable to be indicted for the disobedience . " If all disbursing officers would regard this statute ...
public concern , a person guilty of disobedience to the statute , besides being answerable in an action to the party injured , is like- wise liable to be indicted for the disobedience . " If all disbursing officers would regard this statute ...
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