Debates and Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the State of California, Convened at the City of Sacramento, Saturday, September 28, 1878, Volume 2 |
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Page 639
... desire this Com- , because they believe they can control it . Now , sir , that is a mis- ecause they made an experiment on three Commissioners which disastrous . I have it from authority which I believe , that a railroad agent , or ...
... desire this Com- , because they believe they can control it . Now , sir , that is a mis- ecause they made an experiment on three Commissioners which disastrous . I have it from authority which I believe , that a railroad agent , or ...
Page 642
... desire to go into details on that subject now . I desire more especially to have this article passed over until the Chairman of the committee comes in here so that he can explain them to me . Looking at it as a juror , it looks like a ...
... desire to go into details on that subject now . I desire more especially to have this article passed over until the Chairman of the committee comes in here so that he can explain them to me . Looking at it as a juror , it looks like a ...
Page 641
... desire three Commissioners ; that they desire either one , or the Legisla- ture . That is what they want ; and the accomplished author of this letter is laboring under a delusion . Nor is that all . Even if it were possible for them to ...
... desire three Commissioners ; that they desire either one , or the Legisla- ture . That is what they want ; and the accomplished author of this letter is laboring under a delusion . Nor is that all . Even if it were possible for them to ...
Page 642
... desire to reflect upon any gentleman , or the course of any gentleman's procedure here ; neither do I desire to make an unparliamentary remark . MR . O'DONNELL . You say you have employed hundreds of men ; have you not employed hundreds ...
... desire to reflect upon any gentleman , or the course of any gentleman's procedure here ; neither do I desire to make an unparliamentary remark . MR . O'DONNELL . You say you have employed hundreds of men ; have you not employed hundreds ...
Page 646
... desire to see American institutions perpet- uated , who desire to see the spirit that actuated the founders of this country carried out in its true intent and purposes , that they should rise up and see to the centralizing efforts at ...
... desire to see American institutions perpet- uated , who desire to see the spirit that actuated the founders of this country carried out in its true intent and purposes , that they should rise up and see to the centralizing efforts at ...
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Page 805 - Every act shall embrace but one subject, and matters properly connected therewith; which subject shall be expressed in the title. But if any subject shall be embraced in an act, which shall not be expressed in the title, such act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be expressed in the title.
Page 670 - Citizens of the United States visiting or residing in China shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities, or exemptions in respect to travel or residence as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation...
Page 826 - The Legislature shall have no power to impose taxes upon counties, cities, towns, or other public or municipal corporations, or upon the inhabitants or property thereof, for county, city, town, or other municipal purposes, but may, by general laws, vest in the corporate authorities thereof the power to assess and collect taxes for such purposes.
Page 669 - The United States of America and the Emperor of China cordially recognize the inherent and inalienable right of man to change his home and allegiance, and also the mutual advantage of the free migration and emigration of their citizens and subjects, respectively, from the one country to the other, for purposes of curiosity, of trade, or as permanent residents.
Page 743 - ... religious sect, church, creed, or sectarian purpose, or help to support or sustain any school, college, university, hospital, or other institution controlled by any religious creed, church, or sectarian denomination whatever; nor shall any grant or donation of personal property or real estate ever be made by the State, or any city, city and county, town or other municipal corporation for any religious creed, church, or sectarian purpose whatever; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent...
Page 678 - According to the maxim, sic utere tuo ut alienum non ((edits, which, being of universal application, it must, of course, be within the range of legislative action to define the mode and manner in which every one may so use his own as not to injure others.
Page 858 - A mortgage, deed of trust, contract, or other obligation by which a debt is secured, shall, for the purposes of assessment and taxation, be deemed and treated as an interest in the property affected thereby.
Page 838 - For the purpose of voting, no person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence by reason of his presence or absence while employed in the service of the United States; nor while engaged in the navigation of the waters of this State, or of the United States, or of the high seas; nor while a student of any seminary of learning; nor while kept at any almshouse, or other asylum, at public expense; nor while confined in any public prison.
Page 669 - Union, at a time and place to be agreed on, to take into consideration the trade of the United States, to examine the relative situations and trade of the said states, to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony...
Page 819 - Said Commissioners shall have the power, and it shall be their duty, to establish rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight by railroad or other transportation companies, and publish the same from time to time, with such changes as they may make; to examine the books, records, and papers of all railroad and other transportation companies...