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Page 29 - In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold.
Page 29 - Under the powers inherent in every sovereignty, a government may regulate the conduct of its citizens toward each other, and, when necessary for the public good, the manner in which each shall use his own property.
Page 29 - To limit the rate of charge for services rendered in a public employment, or for the use of property in which the public has an interest, is only changing a regulation which existed before. It establishes no new principle in the law, but only gives a new effect to an old one.
Page 29 - And the General Assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.
Page 17 - ... arrangements have been made, for his honorable and useful employment while upon parole, in some suitable occupation, and also for a proper or suitable home, free from criminal influences, and without expense to the board.
Page 1 - Senate and House of. Representatives. In compliance with the requirements of the...
Page 13 - State should be thoroughly revised in such a manner as to leave no doubt as to the intention of the Legislature or the responsibilities of those engaged in mining.
Page 3 - ... their lowest notch, but that within sixty days from the date of these appropriations a Republican Congress had enacted a Republican tariff based upon the protection of American industries and American labor. The change in the business situation, which resulted from the passage of this measure, had been almost as instantaneous as though the country had been touched and healed of its plague by the rod of Aaron. With the return of confidence and prosperity, in consequence of the overthrow of those...
Page 7 - State and of the counties, particularly of the county of Cook. The Thirty-ninth and Fortieth General Assemblies made appropriations for the construction of an asylum for the incurable insane, which has been located at Peoria. Fifty thousand dollars had been expended in the erection of a building, over an abandoned coal mine, which was found upon examination to be so badly planned and constructed that is was declared to be unsafe for occupation. It was accordingly condemned and torn down. By a joint...
Page 19 - ... if not repaired, injure the walls of the building and the column supports of the great dome. The woodwork of the building. so far as I can ascertain, has not been painted or oiled since the completion of the building. The part of the woodwork composing the large window sashes, wherever exposed...