Cases on American Constitutional LawCallaghan, 1898 - 678 páginas |
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... corporations ? Congress has power " to borrow money on the credit of the United States . " The stock it issues is the evidence of a debt created by the exercise of this power . The tax in question is a tax upon the contract subsisting ...
... corporations ? Congress has power " to borrow money on the credit of the United States . " The stock it issues is the evidence of a debt created by the exercise of this power . The tax in question is a tax upon the contract subsisting ...
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... corporation which im- poses it , which the will of each State and corporation may pre- scribe . A power which is given by the whole American people for their common good , which is to be exercised at the most critical periods for the ...
... corporation which im- poses it , which the will of each State and corporation may pre- scribe . A power which is given by the whole American people for their common good , which is to be exercised at the most critical periods for the ...
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... corporations deriving their power from States . It is admitted that the power of the government to borrow money cannot be directly opposed , and that any law directly ob- structing its operation would be void ; but a distinction is ...
... corporations deriving their power from States . It is admitted that the power of the government to borrow money cannot be directly opposed , and that any law directly ob- structing its operation would be void ; but a distinction is ...
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... corporation in a State was supposed to be placed in the same condition with property acquired by an individual . The tax on government stock is thought by this court to be a tax on the contract , a tax on the power to borrow money on ...
... corporation in a State was supposed to be placed in the same condition with property acquired by an individual . The tax on government stock is thought by this court to be a tax on the contract , a tax on the power to borrow money on ...
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... corporations so engaged should pay the said tax of one dollar for each and every person so conveyed or transported from the State . For the pur- pose of collecting the tax , another section required from per- sons engaged in such ...
... corporations so engaged should pay the said tax of one dollar for each and every person so conveyed or transported from the State . For the pur- pose of collecting the tax , another section required from per- sons engaged in such ...
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Página 179 - It is the power to regulate; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Página 317 - This provision is made in a constitution intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.
Página 163 - But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consist...
Página 320 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 507 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted, shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States; and the people of each State shall have free ingress and regress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce subject to the same duties,...
Página 40 - The result is a conviction that the States have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden, or in any manner control, the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by Congress to carry into execution the powers vested in the general government.
Página 305 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Página 594 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the states ; provided that the legislative right of any state within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Página 421 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law, it possesses only those properties which the' charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly or as incidental to its very existence.
Página 322 - But where the law is not prohibited, and is really calculated to effect any of the objects intrusted to the government, to undertake here to inquire into the degree of its necessity would be to pass the line which circumscribes the judicial department, and to tread on legislative ground.