The Lesson of Popular Government, Volume 2Macmillan, 1899 - Democracy |
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... possible . But then what was the use of putting in the injunction ? It was certain that there would be a conflict of powers , and certain , also , that the strongest of them would pre- vail , and these words merely recognize that ...
... possible . But then what was the use of putting in the injunction ? It was certain that there would be a conflict of powers , and certain , also , that the strongest of them would pre- vail , and these words merely recognize that ...
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... possible ways , even through minute details.1 - Log - rolling and lobbying are just as rampant as in Washington and even more so , on account of the greater variety and importance of the subjects which , as has been pointed out , come ...
... possible ways , even through minute details.1 - Log - rolling and lobbying are just as rampant as in Washington and even more so , on account of the greater variety and importance of the subjects which , as has been pointed out , come ...
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... possible way of getting legislation attended to . It is work in which schemes of private interest have im- mensely the advantage , but there is no other method by which legislation can be either obtained or prevented . There is a strong ...
... possible way of getting legislation attended to . It is work in which schemes of private interest have im- mensely the advantage , but there is no other method by which legislation can be either obtained or prevented . There is a strong ...
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... possible increase of reputation is to be won in such an impersonal body . In fact , most of the work is performed by the secretary , whose power may be partly inferred from the fact that in sixty years only six persons have held the ...
... possible increase of reputation is to be won in such an impersonal body . In fact , most of the work is performed by the secretary , whose power may be partly inferred from the fact that in sixty years only six persons have held the ...
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... possible destination of the possible surplus of the proceeds of bonds above the cost of the subway appears from Section 26 : - Said commission may construct a tunnel or tunnels of sufficient size for two railway tracks with approaches ...
... possible destination of the possible surplus of the proceeds of bonds above the cost of the subway appears from Section 26 : - Said commission may construct a tunnel or tunnels of sufficient size for two railway tracks with approaches ...
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Page 14 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 397 - the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
Page 419 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
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Page 419 - No vacancy in the Commission shall impair the right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.
Page 11 - The captains and subalterns of the militia shall be elected by the written votes of the train-band and alarm list of their respective companies, of twenty-one years of age and upwards ; the field officers of regiments shall be elected by the written votes of the captains and subalterns of their respective regiments ; the brigadiers shall be elected, in like manner, by the field officers of their respective brigades ; and such officers, so elected, shall be commissioned by the governor, who shall...
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Page 419 - Commerce Commission, which shall be composed of five Commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Commissioners first appointed under this act shall continue in office for the term of two, three, four, five, and six years, respectively, from the first day of January, anno Domini eighteen hundred and eighty-seven, the term of each to be...
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