A Practical Treatise on the Law of Municipal Bonds, Том 1The author, 1873 |
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... necessary incident of American civilization . Like every instrument of good , in the hands of designing men , it has been used to effect evil ; but when the grand results which it has so materially aided in securing are considered , the ...
... necessary incident of American civilization . Like every instrument of good , in the hands of designing men , it has been used to effect evil ; but when the grand results which it has so materially aided in securing are considered , the ...
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... sary repetition of principles , and a similarity between many of the opinions ; but the presentation of all that appear was thought to be necessary to carry out the pur- pose of the work , it being deemed especially desirable xii PREFACE .
... sary repetition of principles , and a similarity between many of the opinions ; but the presentation of all that appear was thought to be necessary to carry out the pur- pose of the work , it being deemed especially desirable xii PREFACE .
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... necessary , to enable Government to accomplish its lawful purposes . And the remarks of Chief - Justice MARSHALL in Providence Bank v . Bill- ings , 4 Peters R. , 514 , are equally applicable to both , when he says : " The power of ...
... necessary , to enable Government to accomplish its lawful purposes . And the remarks of Chief - Justice MARSHALL in Providence Bank v . Bill- ings , 4 Peters R. , 514 , are equally applicable to both , when he says : " The power of ...
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... necessary to the safety and prosperity of the people , these rights exist merely as inci- dents to those objects , and as indispensable means to the attainment of those ends . They can only be called into being to attend the independent ...
... necessary to the safety and prosperity of the people , these rights exist merely as inci- dents to those objects , and as indispensable means to the attainment of those ends . They can only be called into being to attend the independent ...
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... necessary to bear in mind the important fact , that the Legislatures of the several States are possessed of powers at least equal to those of the Parliament of Great Britain , except so far as the same have been granted to the Congress ...
... necessary to bear in mind the important fact , that the Legislatures of the several States are possessed of powers at least equal to those of the Parliament of Great Britain , except so far as the same have been granted to the Congress ...
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Страница 428 - 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...
Страница 352 - No county, city, township, school district or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Страница 273 - For all other corporate purposes, all municipal corporations may be vested with authority to assess and collect taxes; but such taxes shall be. uniform, in respect to persons and property. within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same.
Страница 272 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases...
Страница 235 - The powers of the government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct departments; and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy to wit, those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial to another.
Страница 274 - No law shall be passed by the General Assembly, granting the right to construct and operate a Street Railroad within any city, town, or incorporated village, without requiring the consent of the local authorities having the control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such street Railroad.
Страница 273 - The general assembly shall not impose taxes upon municipal corporations, or the inhabitants or property thereof, for corporate purposes, but shall require that all the taxable property within the limits of municipal corporations shall be taxed for the payment of debts contracted under authority of law...
Страница 239 - The General Assembly shall have power to authorize the several counties and incorporated towns in this State, to impose taxes for county and corporation purposes respectively, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law; and all property shall be taxed according to its value, upon the principles established in regard to State taxation.
Страница 305 - ... 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.
Страница 132 - A complete power, therefore, to procure a regular and adequate supply of it, as far as the resources of the community will permit, may be regarded as an indispensable ingredient in every constitution. From a deficiency in this particular, one of two evils must ensue : either the people must be subjected to continual plunder as a substitute for a more eligible mode of supplying the public wants, or the government must sink into a fatal atrophy, and, in a short course of time, perish.