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..... they were issued or because they were ultra vires for some other legal cause, but because they were stricken with nullity by a constitutional provision adopted after the act authorizing the issue of the securities, and where nothing on the face of the bonds indicated that they were illegal. the distinction pointed out by the foregoing ..... at the reduced rate, and further provided for the cancellation of the consolidated bonds, when surrendered for exchange, by the following provision found in section 8 of the act in question: "that the governor shall furnish to the state treasurer a large stamp having on it the words: 'cancelled by the issue of new bonds under ..... ; that they were payable to bearer, and were, on the face thereof, bonds and obligations of the state of louisiana, and purporting to be issued under valid acts of the legislature, sanctioned by the constitution of the state of louisiana; that when sold to the plaintiff, the bonds were not mature according to their terms, and .....
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..... are situated, provided that page 164 u. s. 564 said counties shall refund to the state the expenses incurred in selecting said lands, under the provisions of an act of the general assembly authorizing the governor to cause said lands to be surveyed and selected, with ten percent interest thereon. each county to refund its proportional amount ..... in relation to the swamp and overflowed lands in that county. subsequently, in 1863, the county conveyed to the company, subject to the provisions of the swamp land act of 1850, the lands in controversy and other lands upon certain conditions, which it is unnecessary to set forth. page 164 u. s. 570 mr. justice harlan ..... lands in dispute under the railroad grant of 1856 than was done by the judgment below. the emigrant company lays much stress upon that clause of the railroad act of 1856 exempting from its operation all lands previously reserved by the united states for any purpose. and upon this foundation it rests the contention that no lands .....
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..... of otherwise valid instruments. this view renders it unnecessary to decide as to the validity of the objection that these defendants were not in actual possession when the act was passed. we do not decide whether they were or not. they were in actual and undisturbed possession at the commencement of this suit, and they ..... . burton, 106 u. s. 338 , considers generally the obligation of married women to do equity under circumstances somewhat similar in principle to the present case. nor does the act of congress of july 17, 1862, c. 189, 12 stat. 589, to suppress insurrections, etc., have any effect upon the sales, transfers, or conveyance of the estate ..... contains a clear legislative recognition of the right to make this power of attorney. in this case, we think this fact is entitled to exceptional consideration. the act was evidently drawn with care, and it fully and plainly describes the different defects of the various instruments upon which it was intended to operate. although the section .....
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..... manufacture for sale, or keep for sale, exchange, barter, or dispense any liquors containing alcohol for any purpose whatsoever otherwise than is provided in this act. any person, firm, association, or corporation desiring or intending to manufacture or distill any liquors containing alcohol within this state shall first obtain from ..... county dispensers from shipping same to their places of residence under proper labels or certificates: provided, further, that nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal an act entitled 'an act to allow the opening of dispensaries in pickens and oconee counties,' approved december 18, 1894." "sec. 9. if the ..... which provided that the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors shall be forever prohibited in that state except for medicinal, scientific, and mechanical purposes, and an act passed in enforcement thereof, making penal the manufacture, sale, or barter of any spirituous, malt, vinous, fermented, or other intoxicating liquors, were held .....
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..... to judicial inquiry and consideration, or the subject of such action and process may be of such a nature, or the conditions and circumstances in which the act must be performed to effect the protection and give effect to the law may be such, as to render judicial inquiry and consideration impracticable." although dogs are ..... dogs, whenever or wherever found, not licensed and collared according to other provisions of the statute, was within the constitutional limits of the authority of the legislature. such acts appear to have been very frequent in that state, and their constitutionality generally acquiesced in. in the more recent case of morewood v. wakefield, 133 mass. 240 ..... that the owner of a really valuable dog will feel sufficient interest in him to comply with any reasonable regulation designed to distinguish him from the common herd. acting upon the principle that there is but a qualified property page 166 u. s. 702 in them, and that, while private interests require that the valuable .....
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..... resulted in a decree perpetuating the injunction. from this decree defendants appealed directly to this court, pursuant to section 5 of the circuit court of appeals act, allowing such appeal in any case that involves the construction or application of the constitution of the united states. mr. justice brown, after stating the facts ..... , an appeal to the contract clause of the constitution is ineffectual. thus, in fertilizing co. v. hyde park, 97 u. s. 659 , an act of the general assembly of illinois authorized the fertilizing company to establish and maintain for fifty years certain chemical works for the purpose of converting dead animals into agricultural ..... 7 cowen 585. substantially the same ruling was made in butchers' union co. v. crescent city &c.; co., 111 u. s. 746 , wherein an act of the legislature of louisiana granting exclusive privileges for maintaining slaughterhouses was held to be subject to subsequent ordinances of the city of new orleans opening to general competition the .....
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..... kaukauna water power company to have obtained compensation for the damages sustained by the construction of the improvements. as previously stated, the state of wisconsin, by its act of october 3, 1856, granted and conveyed to the fox & wisconsin improvement company all the rights and interest of the state in the improvement, including ..... water powers, was sold, in february, 1866, to purchasers, who became incorporated, under authority of law, as the green bay and mississippi canal company. in the act of april 12, 1866, authorizing the purchasers at said sale to form "a corporation for the purpose of holding, selling, operating or managing the lands, water powers, ..... ,000. the secretary of war recommended to congress that it should take the works of improvement, and not the water powers and personal property. congress accordingly, by act approved june 10, 1872, made the necessary appropriation, and the company, by its deed of september, 1872, conveyed and granted to the united states "all and .....
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..... that the decisions of those courts, especially when they involve questions of the interpretation of the constitution of the united states and of the constitutionality and effect of acts of congress, cannot be considered as establishing the law or as relieving this court from the responsibility of exercising its own judgment. ex parte wilson (1885), ..... , and, speaking by mr. justice johnson, said: "this court would ponder long before it would sustain this action if we could be persuaded that the act in question produced a total prostration of the trial by jury, or even involved the defendant in circumstances which rendered that right unavailing for his protection. but ..... mainly turns upon the scope and effect of the seventh amendment of the constitution of the united states. it may therefore be convenient, before particularly examining the acts of congress now in question, to page 174 u. s. 6 refer to the circumstances preceding and attending the adoption of this amendment, to the .....
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..... the eighth circuit, in the same manner and under the same regulations as from the circuit or district courts of the united states, under this act." the act of march 18, 1895, provided for the appointment of additional judges of the united states court in the indian territory, and created a court of ..... their descendants thereafter born to them, with such persons as may intermarry according to tribal laws, shall alone constitute the several tribes which they represent." the act provided further for the resubmission of the two agreements, with certain specified modifications -- that with the choctaws and chickasaws and that with the creeks -- for ..... under the rules and regulations governing appeals to said court in other cases," the legislation, taken together, justifies the conclusion that the distribution of jurisdiction made by the act of march 3, 1891, was intended to be observed -- namely, that cases falling within the classes prescribed in section five should be brought directly to this .....
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..... made by warrants of survey; yet it would not follow that the legal title would be perfected until confirmation. the government of the united states has throughout acted upon a different principle in relation to these inchoate rights, in all its acquisitions of territory, whether from spain or france. while the government has admitted its ..... by the change of sovereignty and jurisdiction, and are entitled to protection, whether they are complete and absolute titles, or merely equitable interests needing some further act of the government to perfect the legal title. the duty of securing such rights and of fulfilling the obligations imposed upon the united states by the treaty ..... record depends upon the effect of the treaty between the united states and mexico of december 30, 1853 (known as the gadsden treaty), and of the acts of congress above cited, and may be conveniently approached by first referring to the decisions of this court under various treaties by which the united states have .....
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