A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union |
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... owners of land which might be taken , on the real estate of the persons benefited by a certain local improvement , in ... owner of the property may apply to have the assessment reviewed or corrected . The 1 People v . Schermerhorn , 19 ...
... owners of land which might be taken , on the real estate of the persons benefited by a certain local improvement , in ... owner of the property may apply to have the assessment reviewed or corrected . The 1 People v . Schermerhorn , 19 ...
Page 84
... owner has the same time and opportunity to prepare himself to object to the assessment and have it corrected , whether the return be made before or after the expiration of the forty days , the case differs from that of Chestnut v ...
... owner has the same time and opportunity to prepare himself to object to the assessment and have it corrected , whether the return be made before or after the expiration of the forty days , the case differs from that of Chestnut v ...
Page 109
... owner , is a just and proper subject for the exercise of that authority . It is , in fact , protecting him in his property , which the legislature is bound to do , and enabling him to derive subsistence , comfort , and education from ...
... owner , is a just and proper subject for the exercise of that authority . It is , in fact , protecting him in his property , which the legislature is bound to do , and enabling him to derive subsistence , comfort , and education from ...
Page 110
... owner of the property would himself have given the use of his property to the other , if he had been in a situation to act for himself , as in the case of a provision out of the estate of an infant or lunatic for the support of an ...
... owner of the property would himself have given the use of his property to the other , if he had been in a situation to act for himself , as in the case of a provision out of the estate of an infant or lunatic for the support of an ...
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... owner , to make sale of real estate , to satisfy [ * 104 ] demands which he asserts , but which are not judicially determined , or for any other purpose not connected with the con- venience or necessity of the owner himself . An act of ...
... owner , to make sale of real estate , to satisfy [ * 104 ] demands which he asserts , but which are not judicially determined , or for any other purpose not connected with the con- venience or necessity of the owner himself . An act of ...
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Page 10 - 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 485 - No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 341 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail — its roof may shake — the wind may blow through it — the storm may enter — the rain may enter — but the King of England cannot enter ! — all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement...
Page 597 - Laws shall be passed, taxing by a uniform rule, all moneys, credits, investments in bonds, stocks, joint stock companies, or otherwise; and also all real and personal property, according to its true value in money...
Page 206 - Corporations may be formed under general laws ; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws.
Page 297 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 201 - 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 487 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 596 - 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 297 - 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...