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..... tax is demandable, making no distinction between citizens and aliens. they tax, through the masters, all american vessels coming from other states (including steamboats) protected by coasting licenses, under united states authority, and also exempt by the constitution from paying duties in another state. they tax, through the masters, foreign vessels protected by ..... u. s. 437 passengers, and have never been supposed, on that account, withdrawn from the control or protection of congress. packets which ply along the coast, as well as those which make voyages between europe and america, consider the transportation of passengers as an important part of their business. yet it never has ..... state legislation over those small navigable creeks into which the tide flows, the judicial power could not do so. the act of the state was an internal and a police power to guard the health of its citizens. by the erection of the dam, commerce could only be affected as charged consequentially and contingently .....
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..... the 31st of january, advertised the property for sale on the 8th day of march, 1860. upon hearing of the advertisement of sale, stephenson and olcott wrote to bynum, the acting trustee, as follows: "new york, february 25, 1860" "dear sir: you will recollect that when the high shoal property changed hands in january, 1859, we stated to you that our ..... that: "no conveyance for land shall be good and available in law, unless the same shall be proved and registered in the county where the lands lie." and that an act of 1846 [ footnote 2 ] allows to be read in evidence "the registry or duly certified copy of the record of any deed" duly registered. page 84 u. s. 53 and ..... it were sitting as a local court of that state. in the revised code of 1854 we find the following language. it is a reenactment of the provision of the act of 1715 on the same subject: "no conveyance for land shall be good and available in law unless the same shall be acknowledged by the grantor, or proved on oath .....
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..... for married women in respect to their separate property, and to act as guardian for the estates of infants. it is required that their capital shall be invested in bonds and mortgages on unencumbered real estate in the state ..... record; to receive the title to real or personal estate on trusts created in accordance with the laws of the state, and to execute such trusts; to act as agent for corporations in reference to issuing, registering, and transferring certificates of stock and bonds and other evidences of debt; to accept and execute trusts ..... academies, and libraries, are generally exempt from taxation. the discretionary power of the legislatures of the states over all these subjects remains as it was before the act of congress of june, 1864. the plain intention of that statute was to protect the corporations formed under its authority from unfriendly discrimination by the states in the .....
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..... to deliver them to the commanding officer of the army at key west." to that communication the secretary of the navy, on april 30, 1898, guardedly answered: "spanish fishing vessels attempting to violate blockade are subject, with crew, to capture, and any such vessel or crew considered likely to aid enemy ..... present day, by the general consent of the civilized nations of the world and independently of any express treaty or other public act, it is an established rule of international law that coast fishing vessels, with their implements and supplies, cargoes and crews, unarmed and honestly pursuing their peaceful calling of catching and ..... tegetthoff, says: "regarding the capture of enemy property, an exception must be mentioned, which is a universal custom. fishing vessels which belong to the adjacent coast, and whose business yields only a necessary livelihood, are, from considerations of humanity, universally excluded from capture." 1 attlmayr 61. ignacio de megrin, first official .....
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..... furnish such return, it is not important that, with relation to some customers, the price is not enough. minneapolis &c.; v. minnesota, 186 u. s. 257 ; atlantic coast line v. north carolina commission, 206 u. s. 1 . upon a careful consideration of the case before us, we are of opinion that the complainant has failed to sustain ..... sold shall have a specified illuminating power, and a certain pressure at all distances from the place of manufacture. penalties are attached to a violation of the act. the other act is chapter 125 of the laws of 1906, limiting the prices of gas in the boroughs of manhattan and the bronx, to other consumers than the city ..... this expense was included in the operating expense of that year, which resulted in the net earnings above mentioned while the company was complying with the requirements of the act in this particular. it is unnecessary, therefore, to further inquire as to the additional expense caused by this requirement. again, it has been asserted that the laws .....
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..... railroad crossings . . . . . 303,717 10. track laying and surfacing. . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600,591 11. bridges, trestles, and culverts . . . . . . . . . 3,586,063 12. track and bridge tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28,073 13. fences, cattle guards, and signs. . . . . . . . . 471,609 14. stockyards and appurtenances. . . . . . . . . . . 37,098 15. water stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436,489 16. coal stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120,039 ..... and from st. paul and minneapolis, through the states of minnesota, north dakota, montana, idaho, washington, and oregon, to the pacific coast. the minneapolis & st. louis railroad company (also a minnesota corporation) operated 1,028 miles of track running from st. paul and ..... west to pass on its way to the states on the atlantic coast. in addition to the denial of any legislative authority to limit charges, it was urged that the act was repugnant to the exclusive power of congress to regulate interstate commerce. .....
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..... clause protecting the interests of innocent lienors was added by amendment in the house of representatives to h.r. 6810, which became the national prohibition act. the sponsor for the amendment pointed out that the procedure prescribed by the section as originally drawn protected the interests of the innocent owner, and ..... interpreted to exact such compliance, is in direct conflict with the forfeiture provisions of 3450, and supersedes them whenever any person within the provisions of 26, is discovered "in the act of transporting . . . intoxicating liquors in any . . . vehicle," which liquor is "removed . . . deposited or concealed . . . with intent to defraud the united ..... united states, 276 u. s. 226 , it was held that prosecution and conviction of the offender for the transportation of intoxicating liquor under the prohibition act barred forfeiture of the seized vehicle under 3450, since the disposition of the vehicle after the conviction, prescribed by 26, is mandatory. these cases left .....
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..... 364 , 204 u. s. 384 -385), unless there be found substantial warrant for the conditions in the applicable standards established by the provisions of the act relating to such securities. the powers possessed by the commission are delegated by congress under, and are to be exercised in conformity with, the constitutional grant ..... that the commission and the united states had threatened to institute criminal or civil proceedings against appellee, in accordance with applicable provisions of the interstate commerce act, for violation of the condition imposed by clause (b) of the proviso. appellants answered separately, admitting all the material allegations of the petition ..... to the new company. the interstate commerce commission, after hearing, issued a certificate of convenience and necessity, and entered an order, under 20a of the transportation act, authorizing the issuance of securities by the new company, with the proviso, however, "that the applicant . . . (b) shall impound in a separate .....
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..... adopted by the government for the repression of the crime of smuggling. the provisions of the revised statutes, 3061 and 3062, which carried forward the provisions of earlier acts (act of july 18, 1866, c. 201, 14 stat. 178, 3), have in turn been page 286 u. s. 57 carried forward into the united ..... transportation within, or their exportation from, the united states, just as it distinguishes each of these activities from manufacture and from sale. the national prohibition act maintains the same distinction. sections 3061 and 3062 of the revised statutes are aimed at importation from without the united states, and not at transportation within. ..... customs service. the seizures were effected by customs officers." "all four drivers of the cars were arrested. each was charged with violations of the tariff act of 1930 -- namely unlawfully importing liquor into the united states and knowingly concealing and facilitating the transportation of such liquor. each indictment alleged failure to obtain .....
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..... declared that the fee was "intended to reimburse the state treasury for the added expense which the state may incur in the administration and enforcement of this act and the added expense of policing the highways over which such caravaning may be conducted . . . ," and the automobile owner assumed and by proof sustained ..... issuance of licenses and the collection of fees. section 12 provides for the collection of fees by seizure and sale of vehicles transported in violation of the act, and 13 prescribes criminal penalties for violation. appellees, numerous individuals, copartnerships, and corporations, joined in bringing the present suit against appellants, state officers charged ..... for sale of motor vehicles in "caravans." mr. justice stone delivered the opinion of the court. the principal questions for decision are whether the california caravan act of 1937, exacting fees aggregating page 306 u. s. 586 $15 for each automobile driven into the state for sale, imposes a forbidden burden on .....
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