A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American UnionLittle, Brown,, 1878 - 883 pages |
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... Commonwealth v . Fiske v . Mayor , & c . v . Milner v . Miltenberger v . New York 784 117 , 454 Chillicothe v . Chillicothe 236 Columbia v . Okely 440 , 494 Commerce v . New York 601 , Begnall v . London & N. W. R. Co. 705 602 88 494 ...
... Commonwealth v . Fiske v . Mayor , & c . v . Milner v . Miltenberger v . New York 784 117 , 454 Chillicothe v . Chillicothe 236 Columbia v . Okely 440 , 494 Commerce v . New York 601 , Begnall v . London & N. W. R. Co. 705 602 88 494 ...
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... Commonwealth 651 377 268 Bohlman v . Green Bay , & c . R. R. 84 Co. 658 , 659 Black v . Black 505 Bolling v . Lersner 16 v . State 405 Bollman and Swartout , Ex parte 430 Blackford v . Peltier 456 Bolton v . Johns 448 , 472 Blackinton v ...
... Commonwealth 651 377 268 Bohlman v . Green Bay , & c . R. R. 84 Co. 658 , 659 Black v . Black 505 Bolling v . Lersner 16 v . State 405 Bollman and Swartout , Ex parte 430 Blackford v . Peltier 456 Bolton v . Johns 448 , 472 Blackinton v ...
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... Commonwealth v . Duplessis v . Fifield v . Fleischner 480 , 490 692 Bull v . Read 142 , 143 , 148 , 204 75 Bullock v . Curry 260 , 267 147 Bumgardner v . Circuit Court 351 v . Foster 509 Bumpas v . Taggart 603 v . Grover 78 , 754 Bunn v ...
... Commonwealth v . Duplessis v . Fifield v . Fleischner 480 , 490 692 Bull v . Read 142 , 143 , 148 , 204 75 Bullock v . Curry 260 , 267 147 Bumgardner v . Circuit Court 351 v . Foster 509 Bumpas v . Taggart 603 v . Grover 78 , 754 Bunn v ...
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... Commonwealth 512 Carlisle v . United States 139 Byler v . Asher 757 , 777 Carlslake v . Mapledoram 529 Byrne v . Missouri 19 Carman v . Steubenville & Indiana R. R. Co. 680 Carne v . Litchfield 389 C. Carothers v . Hurly 457 Carpenter v ...
... Commonwealth 512 Carlisle v . United States 139 Byler v . Asher 757 , 777 Carlslake v . Mapledoram 529 Byrne v . Missouri 19 Carman v . Steubenville & Indiana R. R. Co. 680 Carne v . Litchfield 389 C. Carothers v . Hurly 457 Carpenter v ...
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... Commonwealth v . Jones 112 , 122. Clark v . Bridge Proprietors 234 Coffin v . State 336 v . Buchanan 785 v . Clark v . Tracy Coffman v . Bank of Kentucky v . Keightley 499 357 278 v . Crane v . Davenport Cohen v . Barrett 172 v . Hoff ...
... Commonwealth v . Jones 112 , 122. Clark v . Bridge Proprietors 234 Coffin v . State 336 v . Buchanan 785 v . Clark v . Tracy Coffman v . Bank of Kentucky v . Keightley 499 357 278 v . Crane v . Davenport Cohen v . Barrett 172 v . Hoff ...
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Page 11 - States; 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Page 321 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Page 634 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 714 - The power we allude to is rather the police power, the power vested in the legislature by the constitution to make, ordain, and establish all manner of wholesome and reasonable laws, statutes, and ordinances, either with penalties or without, not repugnant to the constitution, as they shall judge to be for the good and welfare of the commonwealth and of the subjects of the same.
Page 221 - The question, whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the Constitution, is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which ought seldom, if ever, to be decided in the affirmative, in a doubtful case.
Page 45 - All men are by nature free and independent, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; and pursuing and obtaining safety- and happiness.
Page 12 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Page 68 - The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature, shall be requisite to every bill appropriating the public moneys or property, for local or private purposes, or creating, continuing, altering, or renewing any body politic or corporate.
Page 314 - They would contain various exceptions to powers not granted; and, on this very account, would afford a colorable pretext to claim more than were granted. For why declare that things shall not be done which there is no power to do?
Page 334 - The contract between Georgia and the purchasers was executed by the grant. A contract executed, as well as one which is executory, contains obligations binding on the parties. A grant, in its own nature, amounts to an extinguishment of the right of the grantor, and implies a contract not to reassert that right. A party is, therefore, always estopped by his own grant.