Monopolies and the PeopleDay, Egbert & Fidlar, 1873 - 462 halaman |
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... roads are owned and controlled by private corporations , and not even the government can use these roads for purposes of transportation without compensation . Now , these lands do not belong to the government , but to the people . Those ...
... roads are owned and controlled by private corporations , and not even the government can use these roads for purposes of transportation without compensation . Now , these lands do not belong to the government , but to the people . Those ...
Halaman 15
... roads could not be built without this aid . Subsequent devel- opments exploded this idea . Take Iowa as an example : In 1856 four leading railroads crossing the state from east to west , received grants of lands sufficient to pay at ...
... roads could not be built without this aid . Subsequent devel- opments exploded this idea . Take Iowa as an example : In 1856 four leading railroads crossing the state from east to west , received grants of lands sufficient to pay at ...
Halaman 16
... roads receiving the grants . The result has been demoralizing . It has opened a field to adventurers , stock jobbers , and unscrupulous men , who have gone to the national capital and organized themselves into squads , rings , and compa ...
... roads receiving the grants . The result has been demoralizing . It has opened a field to adventurers , stock jobbers , and unscrupulous men , who have gone to the national capital and organized themselves into squads , rings , and compa ...
Halaman 20
... road , on the line thereof , and within the lim- its of ten miles on each side of said road , not sold , reserved , or otherwise disposed of , by the United States , and to which a pre - emption or homestead claim may not have attached ...
... road , on the line thereof , and within the lim- its of ten miles on each side of said road , not sold , reserved , or otherwise disposed of , by the United States , and to which a pre - emption or homestead claim may not have attached ...
Halaman 23
... road to the Pacific , but to the western boun- dary of Nevada , where it meets the Central Pacific railroad , built by a ... roads are included in the charter , and provided for in the land grants and subsidy bonds . Let us look at the ...
... road to the Pacific , but to the western boun- dary of Nevada , where it meets the Central Pacific railroad , built by a ... roads are included in the charter , and provided for in the land grants and subsidy bonds . Let us look at the ...
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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.