Biennial Report of the State Engineer of the State of Colorado for the Years ..., Part 1The Office, 1909 |
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Page 162 - But the proposition that there are legislative powers affecting the nation as a whole which belong to, although not expressed in the grant of powers, is in direct conflict with the doctrine that this is a government of enumerated powers.
Page 163 - The powers affecting the internal affairs of the states not granted to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, and all powers of a national character which are not delegated to the National Government by the Constitution are reserved to the people of the United States.
Page 164 - One cardinal rule, underlying all the relations of the States to each other, is that of equality of right. Each State stands on the same level with all the rest. It can impose its own legislation on no one of the others, and is bound to yield its own views to none.
Page 162 - ... nation as a whole which belong to, although not expressed in the grant of powers, is in direct conflict with the doctrine that this is a government of enumerated powers. That this is such a government clearly appears from the constitution, independently of the amendments, for otherwise there Avould be an instrument granting certain specified things made operative to grant other and distinct things. This natural construction of the original body of the constitution is made absolutely certain by...
Page 50 - Said bonds, and the interest thereon, shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual assessment upon the real property of the district ; and all the real property in the district shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments as hereinafter provided.
Page 58 - We agree that further action is advisable to ascertain the present condition of our natural resources and to promote the conservation of the same; and to that end we recommend the appointment by each state of a commission on the conservation of natural resources to cooperate with each other and with any similar commission of the federal government.
Page 57 - Such a policy will preserve soil, forests, water power as a heritage for the children and the children's children of the men and women of this generation; for any enactment that provides for the wise utilization of the forests, whether in public or private ownership, and for the conservation of the water resources of the country must necessarily be legislation that will promote both private and public welfare; for flood prevention...
Page 162 - The government, then, of the United States, can claim no powers which are not granted to it by the constitution, and the powers actually granted must be such as are expressly given, or given by necessary implication.
Page 163 - But it is useless to pursue the inquiry further in this direction. It is enough for the purposes of this case that each state has full jurisdiction over the lands within its borders, including the beds of streams and other waters.
Page 56 - We began with an unapproached heritage of forests ; more than half of the timber is gone. We began with coal fields more extensive than those of any other nation, and with iron ores regarded as inexhaustible, and many experts now declare that the end of both iron and coal is in sight.