A

TREATISE

ON THE

CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS

WHICH REST UPON

THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE STATES
OF THE AMERICAN UNION.

BY

THOMAS M. COOLEY, LL.D.,

ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MICHIGAN, AND JAY PROFESSOR

OF LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN.

THIRD EDITION,

WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS, GIVING THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT CASES,

Checked
May 1913

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1874.