Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Volume 26Bancroft-Whitney, 1906 |
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Page 161
... electors , but also the place within which the act of voting shall be performed , which place is the county or district of which the elector offering his vote has been a legal resident for at least thirty days prior to the day of ...
... electors , but also the place within which the act of voting shall be performed , which place is the county or district of which the elector offering his vote has been a legal resident for at least thirty days prior to the day of ...
Page 162
... elector shall exercise the act of voting , and whether it prohibits the Legislature from making provision by law by which electors may vote outside of the county or district which has been their place of legal residence for thirty days ...
... elector shall exercise the act of voting , and whether it prohibits the Legislature from making provision by law by which electors may vote outside of the county or district which has been their place of legal residence for thirty days ...
Page 165
... elector of the State of California . Thus , in Orman v . Riley , 15 Cal . 48 , it was said : " The rule as fixed by the Constitution is , that the fact of such so- journ or residence as a soldier , neither creates nor destroys ...
... elector of the State of California . Thus , in Orman v . Riley , 15 Cal . 48 , it was said : " The rule as fixed by the Constitution is , that the fact of such so- journ or residence as a soldier , neither creates nor destroys ...
Page 168
... electors , is exclusively confided to the Legislature , and that therefore the Courts have no supervisory power ... electors may vote . The limitations upon this power , in Article II , designate merely the class of persons who may or ...
... electors , is exclusively confided to the Legislature , and that therefore the Courts have no supervisory power ... electors may vote . The limitations upon this power , in Article II , designate merely the class of persons who may or ...
Page 169
... elector under the Constitution can vote - and as a conse- quence the Legislature by its " non - action " can in effect destroy the elective franchise . The right to vote is a franchise . It has a money value ; that is , Courts , by ...
... elector under the Constitution can vote - and as a conse- quence the Legislature by its " non - action " can in effect destroy the elective franchise . The right to vote is a franchise . It has a money value ; that is , Courts , by ...
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Page 164 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, by reason of his presence or absence, while employed in the service of the United States ; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this state, or of the United States, or of the high seas ; nor while a student of any seminary of learning ; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense ; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 225 - But it is not on slight implication and vague conjecture that the legislature is to be pronounced to have transcended its powers, and its acts to be considered as void. The opposition between the constitution and the law should be such that the judge feels a clear and strong conviction of their incompatibility with each other.
Page 180 - May, 1848, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the State six months next preceding the election, and the county or district in which he claims his vote thirty days, shall be entitled to vote at all elections which are now or hereafter may be authorized by law...
Page 440 - Costs must be allowed of course to the defendant upon a judgment in his favor in the actions mentioned in section ten hundred and twenty-two, and in special proceedings.
Page 217 - ... he may offer his vote, shall be entitled to vote at such election in the election district of which he shall at the time be a resident, and not elsewhere, for all officers that now are or hereafter may be elective by the people...
Page 153 - When the judgment or order is reversed or modified, the appellate court may make complete restitution of all property and rights lost by the erroneous judgment or order...
Page 230 - Every white male citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have been a resident of the state one year next preceding the election, and of the county, township, or ward, in which he resides, such time as may be provided by law, shall have the qualifications of an elector, and be entitled to vote at all elections.
Page 584 - ... shall be receivable in payment of all taxes, internal duties, excises, debts, and demands of every kind due to the United States, except duties on imports, and of all claims and demands against the United States, of every kind whatsoever, except for interest on bonds and notes, which shall be paid in coin, and shall also be lawful money and a legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except duties on imports and interest as aforesaid.
Page 122 - An Act to ascertain and settle the Private Land Claims in the State of California...
Page 584 - An act to authorize the issue of United States notes and for the redemption or funding thereof, and for funding the floating debt of the United States...