...any treaty, alliance, or confederation." And the third clause of the same section declares that " no State shall, without the consent of Congress, . . . enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power." "When the Executive has agreed with any foreign power upon...

...Nor was a State without the consent of Congress to lay henceforth "any duty of tonnage."2 Again, 110 State shall without the consent of Congress enter into any agreement or compact with another State.3 The lesser dread of such compacts (for under this composite government States may still...

...constitution. And especially is this true since the states are forbidden to make treaties, and cannot, without the consent of congress, enter into any agreement or compact with each other. "The uniform opinion heretofore has been that the states, on the formation of the constitution,...

...reference has been made in a former part of this work.2 The remaining prohibition of this clause is that no State shall, without the consent of Congress, " enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power." The object of this is very clear. An agreement or compact...

...consent be valid without the approval of Congress, inasmuch as the Federal Constitution provides that "No state shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or compact with another state?" Third: Does the business of conducting an elevator, a packing house, or a flour mill...

...charter. If we break that charter we forfeit its protection. In that charter are these words: " No State shall, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or compact with a foreign power. " So you see, brothers, we can't agree to pay you money annually without an act of...

...treaty, alliance or confederation;' and, in a subsequent clause of the same section, it declares that no State shall, without the consent of Congress, ' enter into any agreement or compact with another State, or with a foreign power.' " The first of these prohibitions is absolute and unqualified,...

...' — Art. II., set 2. ' No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation . . . No state shall, without the consent of Congress, . . . enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power' — Art. I., sec. 10. 'No state shall, without the consent of...

...expressly provides that " no State shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation ; ... or, without the consent of Congress, enter into any agreement or compact with another State or with a foreign power," 1 thus not only placing the power generally in the Central...

...adoption of our present national Constitution. The provision in that instrument (Art. I, sec. 10) that no State shall, without the consent of (Congress, enter into any agreement or compact with another State was thought by many to a Writings of Washington, Sparks's ed., IX, 82,91. 1'The same...