Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 462 halaman |
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... mile ; this , at $ 1.25 per acre , amounts to $ 10,000 . per mile ; much more than one - half of the actual entire cost of their construction . Yet , as a mat- ter - of - fact , some , if not all , of them became insolvent , and ...
... mile ; this , at $ 1.25 per acre , amounts to $ 10,000 . per mile ; much more than one - half of the actual entire cost of their construction . Yet , as a mat- ter - of - fact , some , if not all , of them became insolvent , and ...
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... miles on each side thereof , by the same act . By this section the company is allowed to take from the public lands all the material needed in the construction of the road ; to strip the lands , and leave them naked for the people . The ...
... miles on each side thereof , by the same act . By this section the company is allowed to take from the public lands all the material needed in the construction of the road ; to strip the lands , and leave them naked for the people . The ...
Halaman 20
... mile are given to the company for the purpose of securing the safe and speedy transportation of troops , and above enumerated articles . It has been said that a poor reason is better than no reason . Of all poor rea- sons given for an ...
... mile are given to the company for the purpose of securing the safe and speedy transportation of troops , and above enumerated articles . It has been said that a poor reason is better than no reason . Of all poor rea- sons given for an ...
Halaman 21
... miles of the road , and the grant of twenty sections of land per mile . But this is not all . Section five of the act provides : " That for the purposes herein mentioned , the secretary of the treas- ury shall , upon the certificate ...
... miles of the road , and the grant of twenty sections of land per mile . But this is not all . Section five of the act provides : " That for the purposes herein mentioned , the secretary of the treas- ury shall , upon the certificate ...
Halaman 22
... miles eastwardly from the western base of the Sierra Nevada mountains , said points to be fixed by the president of the United States , the bonds to be issued in aid of the construction thereof shall treble the number per mile ...
... miles eastwardly from the western base of the Sierra Nevada mountains , said points to be fixed by the president of the United States , the bonds to be issued in aid of the construction thereof shall treble the number per mile ...
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Halaman 356 - ... legal tender in payment of all debts, public and private, within the United States, except for duties on imports and interest on the public debt...
Halaman 87 - This government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers granted to it, would seem too apparent to have required to be enforced by all those arguments which its enlightened friends, while it was depending before the people, found it necessary to urge. That principle is now universally admitted.
Halaman 386 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times and under all circumstances.
Halaman 394 - If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and is not forbidden by any particular provision of the Constitution, it may safely be deemed to come within the compass of the national authority.
Halaman 206 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.
Halaman 421 - That government can scarcely be deemed to be free, where the rights of property are left solely dependent upon the will of a legislative body, without any restraint. The fundamental maxims of a free government seem to require that the rights of personal liberty and private property should be held sacred.
Halaman 279 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Halaman 363 - States are expressly prohibited from making anything but gold and silver a tender in payment of debts and...
Halaman 373 - States the power to coin money, emit bills of credit, or make anything but gold a>nd silver coin a tender in payment of debts.
Halaman 373 - States to make anything but gold or silver coin a tender in payment of debts, or to pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts, when Mr.