United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ... and Rules Announced at ..., Volume 143United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner Banks & Bros., Law Publishers, 1892 - Courts |
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... respect to all charters and acts of incorporation granted after that date , that " all charters and grants of or to corporations , or amendments thereof , and all other statutes , shall be subject to amendment or repeal at the will of ...
... respect to all charters and acts of incorporation granted after that date , that " all charters and grants of or to corporations , or amendments thereof , and all other statutes , shall be subject to amendment or repeal at the will of ...
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... respect to all the acts passed after 1856 , amending the charter of , or relating to , the water company , including that of 1882 , each must be read as if all the provisions of the act of 1856 were incorporated in it , because in no ...
... respect to all the acts passed after 1856 , amending the charter of , or relating to , the water company , including that of 1882 , each must be read as if all the provisions of the act of 1856 were incorporated in it , because in no ...
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... respect to its right to charge for water fur- nished for public fire cisterns , fire plugs or hydrants . Much reliance was placed by the plaintiff upon Commis- sioners Sinking Fund v . Green and Barren River Navigation Co. , 79 Kentucky ...
... respect to its right to charge for water fur- nished for public fire cisterns , fire plugs or hydrants . Much reliance was placed by the plaintiff upon Commis- sioners Sinking Fund v . Green and Barren River Navigation Co. , 79 Kentucky ...
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... respecting the government of the District of Columbia , and especially with regard to the District police , since 1861 , will be found useful , if not indispen- sable . By the act of August 6 , 1861 , 12 Stat . 320 , c . 62 , the ...
... respecting the government of the District of Columbia , and especially with regard to the District police , since 1861 , will be found useful , if not indispen- sable . By the act of August 6 , 1861 , 12 Stat . 320 , c . 62 , the ...
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... respect , however , to the appointment and removal from office of persons employed in other capacities , and those ... respects , especially with regard to the schools and the police , and retained the provision respecting officers ...
... respect , however , to the appointment and removal from office of persons employed in other capacities , and those ... respects , especially with regard to the schools and the police , and retained the provision respecting officers ...
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Page 525 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 593 - ... or more than two years prior to his application, and not in public use or on sale in this country for more than two years...
Page 210 - When any offense against the United States is begun in one Judicial District and completed in another, it shall be deemed to have been committed in either, and may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished in either district, in the same manner as if it had been actually and wholly committed therein.
Page 162 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 147 - Second. He shall at the time of his application to be admitted, declare on oath, before some one of the courts above specified, that he will support the constitution of the United States, and that he...
Page 627 - In all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, and those in which a state shall be a party, the supreme court shall have original jurisdiction. In all other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions and under such regulations as the Congress shall make.
Page 469 - III. [As the happiness of a people, and the good order, and preservation of civil government, essentially depend upon piety, religion, and morality ; and as these cannot be generally diffused through a community but by the institution of the public worship of GOD, and of public instructions in piety, religion, and morality...
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Page 493 - No man in this country is so high that he is above the law. No officer of the law may set that law at defiance with impunity. All the officers of the government, from the highest to the lowest, are creatures of the law, and are bound to obey it.
Page 458 - That from and after the passage of this act it shall be unlawful for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever, to prepay the transportation, or in any way assist or encourage the importation or migration of any alien or aliens, any foreigner or foreigners, into the United States, its Territories, or the District of Columbia...