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..... to answer constitutes a refusal to discharge a duty upon rightful demand. it is true that authority is conferred upon the commission to obtain information, but the act does not impose the duty to furnish it upon all persons interested in interstate commerce, and congress cannot invest the commission with discretionary power to create or ..... mere assistants of a commission. it is said that this proceeding is substantially, if not precisely, similar to that which would arise if congress had passed an act imposing penalties on parties refusing to testify before a commission, and a proceeding was commenced to recover such penalties. but surely the differences are vital. if such ..... to punish the three appellees was denied by the circuit court. the reason given for the decision was the unconstitutionality of that portion of the interstate commerce act which requires a court to treat and punish as a contempt of its authority the refusal of a witness before the commission to answer questions. in the .....
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..... a cause which the record does not show were raised in the court below and rulings asked thereon, so as to give jurisdiction to this court under the fifth section of the act of march 3, 1891, c. 017, 26 stat. 826. if the jurisdiction of a circuit court is questioned in order that this court take jurisdiction, it is necessary ..... sound, or to any point or place elsewhere than within the limits defined by the supervisor of the harbor, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of the act and punished as provided. section 3, under which ansbro was convicted, is as follows: "that in all cases of receiving on board of any scows or boats such forbidden matter or substance ..... towboat towing such scows or boats shall be equally guilty of such offense with the master or person acting in the capacity of the master of the scow, and be liable to equal punishment." the punishment prescribed by sections 1 and 2 of the act consists of fines of not less than $250 or more than $500, or imprisonment not less than .....
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..... certificate as evidence of such right, could apply for and receive the same without charge. the petitioners having assailed the validity of that section, this court said: "in nishimura ekiu's case, it was adjudged that although congress might, if it saw fit, authorize the ..... those were cases of chinese laborers arrested and held by the marshal of the united states under that act, the sixth section of which made it the duty of all chinese laborers, within the limits of the united states at the time of the ..... a mistake. that case arose under the sixth section of the act of may 6, 1882 (22 stat. 58, c. 126), as amended by the act of july 5, 1884, 23 stat. 115, c. 220. it presented the question whether that section applied to chinese merchants already domiciled in the united ..... passage of the act, and who were entitled to remain in the united states, to apply to the .....
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..... therefore, to the question certified is that the district court of alaska is to be regarded as the supreme court of that territory, within the meaning of the fifteenth section of the act of march 3, 1891, and of the order of this court assigning alaska to the ninth circuit; and, consequently, that the decree of the district court of ..... the eighth circuit, and does not at all militate against the conclusion that congress meant by the words "the supreme courts of the several territories," in the fifteenth section of the act of 1891, the highest courts or the courts of last resort in the territories, by whatever page 163 u. s. 353 name they happen to be designated in ..... therein in the same manner and with the like effect as if such cases had arisen within the district or territory where the proceedings are brought." by the first section of the act of may 17, 1884, c. 53, providing a civil government for alaska, it was declared that the territory ceded to the united states by the treaty with .....
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..... that decree was affirmed by the supreme court of the state on the same ground. 66 miss. 298. thereupon a writ of error was taken out from this court. section 1 of the act of mississippi of march 17, 1871, c. 1, laws miss. 1871, p. 37, created a body corporate to be known as the "levee board of the state of ..... thousand eight hundred and seventy-two." [seal] "[signed] m. s. alcorn, president " "[signed] a. r. hown, treasurer " upon each bond were printed as an endorsement sections 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, and 29 of the act of 1871. attached to the bonds were coupons, of which the following was the form, all being alike except in amounts, numbers, and dates of maturity ..... of said board, and shall constitute a levee fund, and be used and applied to carry into effect the objects and purposes of this act." by section 10, it was provided that the charges and assessments levied by the act should constitute, as they were from time to time collected, a special fund and trust, to be used by the board firstly in .....
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..... be compelled to answer." 1 burr's tr. 244, 245. in boyd v. united states, 116 u. s. 616 , there came into question the validity of the fifth section of the act of june 22, 1874, c. 391, 18 stat. 186, wherein it was provided that, "[i]n all suits and proceedings other than criminal arising under any of the ..... rendered by the court of a state, this tribunal can exercise no jurisdiction over it unless it be shown to come within the provisions of the twenty-fifth section of the judiciary act." "the plaintiff in error contends that it comes within the clause in the fifth amendment to the constitution which inhibits the taking of private property for public ..... said, by mr. justice bradley: "no doubt it was supposed that in this new form, couched, as it was, in almost the language of the fifteenth section of the old judiciary act, except leaving out the restriction to cases in which the court of chancery would decree a discovery, it would be free from constitutional objection. but we think it .....
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..... addressed to each claimant, respectively, stating the sum transmitted, and the name and post office of such claimant, respectively, and having added thereto, in print, section 8 of the act of august 7, 1886, and section 3477 of the revised statutes of the united states, to-wit: " page 161 u. s. 487 " post-office department" " office of the ..... of duty when, in order that the will of congress as expressed in the act of 1883 might be carried out, he informed claimants that they were under no legal obligation to respect any transfer, assignment or power of attorney, which section 3477 of the revised statutes declared to be null and void. if the plaintiff ..... third assistant postmaster general" " division of finance, washington, d.c. _____, 188_." "sir: herewith enclosed you will find warrant payable to your order for $_____, which is .....
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..... s. 392 but is reduced, and the board of assessors are entitled, when property is omitted for any reason, to immediately make up a supplemental roll correcting the error. acts 1884, sec. 2, p. 136. if therefore the court had concluded that there was an excessive or irregular assessment, it could not have rested its decree upon that ground, because, ..... bonds secured by the subscriptions and the mortgages, the money coming from the sale of the bonds to constitute the capital of the bank. thus, the very first section of the act of 1833 says "that the capital of said bank shall be $12,000,000, to be formed and procured by means of a loan or loans to ..... whether the shareholders reside there or not. the said book value shall be ascertained upon a statement duly sworn to by the president, cashier or secretary, and chairman of finance committee, or in the absence of such latter officer then by one of the directors, showing the assets in detail, and the valuation placed upon each, and said valuation .....
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..... owned, chartered or used by a citizen of the united states, unless such ownership or charter was acquired prior to the passage of this act." by the second section of the same act, it is further provided that the previous act of june 19, 1886, exempting yachts from tonnage taxes, is repealed, "so far as the same exempts any yacht built outside of ..... of such duties has been repeatedly and sometimes radically changed. at the time of the arrival of the conqueror, tonnage duties were imposed under the act of june 26, 1884, as amended by section eleven of the act of june 19, 1886, with a proviso that the page 166 u. s. 119 president of the united states might suspend the collection of ..... after the original decree, we think it was within the time. we do not think the party complaining is limited to the six months allowed by section eleven of the court of appeals act for suing out a writ of error from the court of appeals to review the judgment of the district or circuit court, and it would seem that .....
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..... except only as hereinafter excepted." "3. that all right, title and interest which may hereafter be vested in the commonwealth by virtue of the provisions of the section of this act next preceding herein shall be transferred and absolutely vested in any and every person or persons other than those for whose default the same have been forfeited, their ..... the decisions of its highest court touching the forfeiture of lands for noncompliance by the owners with the requirements of the law relating to taxation. by the first section of an act of the general assembly of virginia, passed february 27, 1835, further time was given until july 1, 1836, for the redemption of all lands and lots ..... filed, of all tracts and parcels of land liable to be sold for the benefit of the school fund, as required by section 5 of chapter 105 of the code of west virginia, as amended by the act of the legislature of 1893, chapter 24. that report gives the list of various tracts in the county of wyoming "heretofore .....
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