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 | Law - 1920 - 496 pages
...should be under the protecting hand (38) 162 US 650. (39) 218 US 406. (40) 220 US 364. (41) 234 US 542. of the national government. The powers thus granted...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamship, and from the railroad to the telegraph, as these... | |
 | Law - 1917 - 510 pages
...the kind of vessel powers of Congress in the regulation of interstate commerce and in other matters "keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt themselves to the new developments of times and circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 808 pages
...commercial intercourse is an element of commerce which comes within the regulating power of Congress. Post-offices and post-roads are established to facilitate...progress of the country, and adapt themselves to the new developrpents of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach,... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1878 - 820 pages
...to the instrumentalities of com" merce or the postal service known or in use when the Consti" tution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress...They extend from the horse, with "its rider, to the stage-coach; from the sailing vessel to the "steamboat; from the coach and steamboat to the railroad;... | |
 | American Bar Association - Law - 1905 - 980 pages
...Justice Waite said of the powers granted to Congress by the commerce clause of the Constitution : " The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities...to the new developments of time and circumstances." (Pcnsacola Telegraph Co. vs. Western Union Telegraph Co., 96 US 1.) Mr. Justice Miller said that the... | |
 | Law - 1879 - 924 pages
...Justice Waite said : " The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce known or in use when the Constitution was adopted...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailingvessel to the steamboat, from the coach and the steamboat to the railroad,... | |
 | American Bar Association - Law - 1887 - 460 pages
...instrumentalities of commerce known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but that they keep paca with the progress of the country, and adapt themselves...to the new developments of time and circumstances ; and he adds: "The government of the United States, within the scope of its powers, operates upon... | |
 | Law - 1880 - 920 pages
...conflict. The court further held that the constitutional powers so conferred upon Congress — * * * "are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce...They extend from the horse, with its rider, to the stage-coach ; from the sailing-vessel to the steamboat ; from the coach and steamboat to the railroad... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 948 pages
...1, Chief Justice WAITE, on page 9, says: "The powers thus granted [to congress to regulate commerce] are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce,...to the new developments of time and circumstances. " The same may undoubtedly be said of articles of commerce. This consideration alone would seem decisive... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 1878 pages
...1, Chief Justice WAITE, on page 9, says: "The powers thus granted [to congress to regulate commerce] are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce,...to the new developments of time and circumstances. " The same may undoubtedly be said of articles of commerce. This consideration alone would seem decisive... | |
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