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Three Phases of Coöperation in the West (Classic Reprint) Amos Griswold Warner No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 72 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others : First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted ; third, those essential to the accomplishment of the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable, substantial doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved...
Page 105 - The debt of any county, city, borough, township, school district or other municipality or incorporated district, except as herein provided, shall never exceed seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property therein, nor shall any such municipality or district incur any new debt, or increase its indebtedness to an amount exceeding two per centum upon such assessed valuation of property, without...
Page 105 - All taxes shall be uniform, upon the same class of subjects, within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax, and shall be levied and collected under general laws...
Page 53 - Until Congress acts in reference to the relations of this Company to interstate commerce, it is certainly within the power of Wisconsin to regulate its fares, etc., so far as they are of domestic concern.
Page 34 - The subject is one that will force itself upon the legislative branch of the Government sooner or later, and I suggest therefore, that immediate steps be taken to gain all available information to insure equable and just legislation.
Page 53 - The warehouses of these plaintiffs in error are situated and their business carried on exclusively within the limits of the State of Illinois. They are used as instruments by those engaged in state as well as those engaged in interstate commerce, but they are no more necessarily a part of commerce itself than the dray or the cart by which, but for them, grain would be transferred from one railroad station to another. Incidentally they may become connected with interstate commerce, but not necessarily...
Page 42 - ... 4. That unjustifiable discriminations are constantly made between individuals in the rates charged for like service under similar circumstances. 5. That improper discriminations are made between articles of freight and branches of business of a like character, and between different quantities of the same class of freight. 6. That unreasonable discriminations are made between localities similarly situated. 7. That the effect of the prevailing policy of railroad management...
Page 104 - The credit of the Commonwealth shall not be pledged or loaned to any individual, company, corporation or association, nor shall the Commonwealth become a joint owner or stockholder in any company, association or corporation.
Page 61 - Second, to plank, pave, or macadamize the entire •length of the street used by their track, between the rails, and for two feet on each side thereof, and between the tracks, if there be more than- one, and to keep the same constantly in repair, flush with the street, and with good crossings.
Page 53 - ... within the limits of the State of Illinois. They are used as instruments by those engaged in state as well as those engaged in interstate commerce, but they are no more necessarily a part of commerce itself than the dray or the cart by which, but for them, grain would be transferred from one railroad station to another. Incidentally they may become connected with interstate commerce, but not necessarily so. Their regulation is a thing of domestic concern, and, certainly, until Congress acts in...