Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 462 halaman |
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... railroad corporations may be thought untrue , yet if we look through the acts of congress for the last few years we will find that more than two hundred million acres have been donated to such corporations , and from the number of bills ...
... railroad corporations may be thought untrue , yet if we look through the acts of congress for the last few years we will find that more than two hundred million acres have been donated to such corporations , and from the number of bills ...
Halaman 15
... railroad corporations , by congress , is without excuse , or even apology . When grants were first made to states , it was pretended that rail- roads could not be built without this aid . Subsequent devel- opments exploded this idea ...
... railroad corporations , by congress , is without excuse , or even apology . When grants were first made to states , it was pretended that rail- roads could not be built without this aid . Subsequent devel- opments exploded this idea ...
Halaman 16
... railroad company shall select alternate sec- tions ; that the residue shall be for sale at $ 2.50 per acre ; that it ... corporations than to vote a part of each citizen's private fortune to the same corporations . When , in addition to ...
... railroad company shall select alternate sec- tions ; that the residue shall be for sale at $ 2.50 per acre ; that it ... corporations than to vote a part of each citizen's private fortune to the same corporations . When , in addition to ...
Halaman 23
... company , under its charter , gets $ 50,000,000 in bonds ; its charter does not authorize it to con- struct the whole road to the Pacific , but to the western boun- dary of Nevada , where it meets the Central Pacific railroad , built by ...
... company , under its charter , gets $ 50,000,000 in bonds ; its charter does not authorize it to con- struct the whole road to the Pacific , but to the western boun- dary of Nevada , where it meets the Central Pacific railroad , built by ...
Halaman 27
... railroad completed through Minnesota or Iowa to Sioux City , then the said Pacific railroad company is hereby authorized and required to construct a railroad and telegraph line from said Sioux City , upon the most direct and practicable ...
... railroad completed through Minnesota or Iowa to Sioux City , then the said Pacific railroad company is hereby authorized and required to construct a railroad and telegraph line from said Sioux City , upon the most direct and practicable ...
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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.