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... charter granted by the Legislature , now under a general law , incorporated cities and towns . The county always exists with its corps of officers . The township and school district sometimes become absorbed in the town or city ...
... charter granted by the Legislature , now under a general law , incorporated cities and towns . The county always exists with its corps of officers . The township and school district sometimes become absorbed in the town or city ...
Page 126
... charter to a corporation , it shall not violate that charter arbitrarily ; or that the Legislature shall not revoke a grant of land , or shall not , by its laws , cause one man to lose a rightful claim which he may 126 CIVIL GOVERNMENT .
... charter to a corporation , it shall not violate that charter arbitrarily ; or that the Legislature shall not revoke a grant of land , or shall not , by its laws , cause one man to lose a rightful claim which he may 126 CIVIL GOVERNMENT .
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... charter shall then be published in two daily papers of general circulation in such city for at least twenty days ; and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be sub- mitted to the qualified electors of such ...
... charter shall then be published in two daily papers of general circulation in such city for at least twenty days ; and within not less than thirty days after such publication it shall be sub- mitted to the qualified electors of such ...
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... Charters for Cities Containing more than Ten Thousand Inhabitants . Any city containing a population of more than ten thousand and not more than one hundred thousand inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government , consistent ...
... Charters for Cities Containing more than Ten Thousand Inhabitants . Any city containing a population of more than ten thousand and not more than one hundred thousand inhabitants may frame a charter for its own government , consistent ...
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... charter or otherwise , and may confer such further powers on the commissioners as shall be necessary to enable them to perform the duties enjoined on them in this and the foregoing section . Commissioners , How Removed . - The ...
... charter or otherwise , and may confer such further powers on the commissioners as shall be necessary to enable them to perform the duties enjoined on them in this and the foregoing section . Commissioners , How Removed . - The ...
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Elements of Civil Government William Carey Jones,California,California State Board of Education No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 183 - The General Assembly shall not pass local or special laws in any of the following enumerated cases, that is to say : Regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace and of constables; For the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors; Regulating the practice in courts of justice...
Page 220 - The term corporations, as used in this article, shall be construed to include all associations and joint-stock companies having any of the powers or privileges of corporations not possessed by individuals or partnerships. And all corporations shall have the right to sue, and shall be subject to be sued, in all courts in like cases as natural persons.
Page 223 - A corporation or association may be sued in the county where the contract is made or is to be performed, or where the obligation or liability arises, or the breach occurs; or in the county where the principal place of business of such corporation is situated, subject to the power of the Court to change the place of trial as in other cases.
Page 170 - Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 227 - property," as used in this article and section, is hereby declared to include moneys, credits, bonds, stocks, dues, franchises, and all other matters and things, real, personal, and mixed, capable of private ownership...
Page 236 - I do solemnly swear, (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I will support the constitution of the United States,, and the constitution of the State of California; and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of according to the best of my ability.
Page 171 - Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use without just compensation having been first made to, or paid into court for, the owner...
Page 174 - 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 190 - The returns of every election for Governor shall be sealed up and transmitted to the seat of Government, directed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall open and publish them in the presence of both Houses of the General Assembly.
Page 220 - Each stockholder of a corporation is individually and personally liable for such proportion of all its debts and liabilities contracted or incurred during the time he was a stockholder as the amount of stock or shares owned by him bears to the whole of the subscribed capital stock or shares of the corporation.