Hearing, October 13, 1942U.S. Government Printing Office, 1942 - 552 páginas |
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Página 480
... things like that . We do not have the general sales tax in South Carolina . We have a selective sales tax whereby commodities classed as luxuries are taxed . Of course , everybody that buys luxuries would pay some tax , but as a direct ...
... things like that . We do not have the general sales tax in South Carolina . We have a selective sales tax whereby commodities classed as luxuries are taxed . Of course , everybody that buys luxuries would pay some tax , but as a direct ...
Página 481
... thing certain . If you investigate the way South Carolina handles its affairs with regard to its suffrage , you will have to go into other constitutional provisions having to do with the right of registration . When you get through with ...
... thing certain . If you investigate the way South Carolina handles its affairs with regard to its suffrage , you will have to go into other constitutional provisions having to do with the right of registration . When you get through with ...
Página 482
... things where you have got to pay a year in advance , and all those other things , just so it is paid 30 days in advance , that is all that is necessary . It is a very salutary provision , and I shall point out in my statement later on ...
... things where you have got to pay a year in advance , and all those other things , just so it is paid 30 days in advance , that is all that is necessary . It is a very salutary provision , and I shall point out in my statement later on ...
Página 486
... thing in South Carolina . We have never These reformers who go about interfering with the business of other people ... things of that kind ? Governor JEFFERIES . Absolutely not . Senator CONNALLY . In other words , if a man is white or ...
... thing in South Carolina . We have never These reformers who go about interfering with the business of other people ... things of that kind ? Governor JEFFERIES . Absolutely not . Senator CONNALLY . In other words , if a man is white or ...
Página 493
... thing to do ? Governor JEFFERIES . Yes , sir ; and I am saying here if we do that I think there will be other constitutional amendments that will follow from that , that will cause lots of embarrassment to the Nation as a whole . Maybe ...
... thing to do ? Governor JEFFERIES . Yes , sir ; and I am saying here if we do that I think there will be other constitutional amendments that will follow from that , that will cause lots of embarrassment to the Nation as a whole . Maybe ...
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adopted Alabama ALGASE ator O'MAHONEY Attorney authority ballot bill Breedlove Chairman citizens committee CONGRESS LIBRARY CONGRESS THE LIBRARY congressional Constitution of Alabama constitutional amendment constitutional provision convention democracy democratic denied duty enforce exercise Federal Constitution Federal elections Federal function Federal Government Federal officials fifteenth amendment form of government fourteenth amendment Governor DIXON Governor JEFFERIES Judiciary legislation legislature levying LIBRARY OF CONGRES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS matter MAYBANK Members of Congress ment National Lawyers Guild numerous branch Party pay the poll persons poll tax President privilege of voting qualification for voting qualifications of electors question record reform regulations republican form restriction right to vote Senator CONNALLY Senator MURDOCK Senator NORRIS Senator O'MAHONEY Senator PEPPER seventeenth amendment soldiers South Carolina suffrage Supreme Court tax in South tax statute testimony tion unconstitutional United vote for Federal voters witnesses
Pasajes populares
Página 5 - State, twenty-one years old and upward, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who have been resident in said State for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for participation in the rebellion, or for felony at common law, and when such Constitution shall provide that the elective franchise shall be enjoyed by all such persons as have the qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates...
Página 1 - ... the Constitution of the United States says the same persons shall vote for members of Congress in that State. It adopts the qualification thus furnished as the qualification of its own electors for members of Congress. It is not true, therefore, that electors for members of Congress owe their right to vote to the state law, in any sense which makes the exercise of the right to depend exclusively on the law of the State.
Página 550 - Sec. 178. To entitle a person to vote at any election by the people, he shall have resided in the state at least two years, in the county one year, and in the precinct or ward three months, immediately preceding the election at which he offers to vote, and he shall have been duly registered as an elector, and shall have paid on or before the first day of February next preceding the date of the election at which he offers to vote, all poll taxes due from...
Página 1 - To have reduced the different qualifications in the different States to one uniform rule, would probably have been as dissatisfactory to some of the States as it would have been difficult to the convention. The provision made by the convention appears, therefore, to be the best that lay within their option. It must be satisfactory to every State, because it is conformable to the standard already established, or which may be established, by the State itself.
Página 545 - The broad statement that the Federal Government can exercise no powers except those specifically enumerated in the Constitution, and such implied powers as are necessary and proper to carry into effect the enumerated powers, is categorically true only in respect of our internal affairs.
Página 1 - Amendment. Privilege of voting is not derived from the United States, but is conferred by the state and, save as restrained by the Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendments and other provisions of the Federal Constitution, the state may condition suffrage as it deems appropriate.
Página 487 - Carolina to restore said State to its Constitutional relations to the Federal Government, and to present such a republican form of State government as will entitle the State to the guarantee of the United States therefor, and its people to protection by the United States against invasion, insurrection, and domestic violence...
Página 487 - Now, therefore, in obedience to the high and solemn duties imposed upon me by the constitution of the United States, and for the purpose of enabling the loyal people of said State to organize a State government, whereby justice may be established, domestic tranquillity insured, and loyal citizens protected in all their rights of life, liberty, and property...
Página 5 - Approved, April 19th, 1864. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect except upon the fundamental condition, that within the state of Nebraska, there shall be no denial •of the elective franchise, or of any other right, to any person, by reason of race or color, •excepting Indians not taxed...
Página 9 - ... such an event will be a harmless superfluity, only, in the constitution. But who can say what experiments may be produced by the caprice of particular states, by the ambition of enterprising leaders, or by the intrigues and influence of foreign powers? To the second question it may be answered that, if the general government should interpose by virtue of this constitutional authority, it will be, of course, bound to pursue the authority. But the authority extends no further than to a guaranty...