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... debt or impair any defense against payment thereof . ( Okla . Sched . 25. ) Nothing in this article to impair or add to obligation of any debt contracted prior to constitution under laws of territory ; and limit on amount of debt not to ...
... debt or impair any defense against payment thereof . ( Okla . Sched . 25. ) Nothing in this article to impair or add to obligation of any debt contracted prior to constitution under laws of territory ; and limit on amount of debt not to ...
Page 118
... debt for school , water , sanitary and illumin- ating purposes provided city contracting such debt own " its just proportion of the property thus created and receive from any income arising therefrom , its propor- tion to the whole ...
... debt for school , water , sanitary and illumin- ating purposes provided city contracting such debt own " its just proportion of the property thus created and receive from any income arising therefrom , its propor- tion to the whole ...
Page 120
... debt , contract or liability of any individual , associa- tion or corporation in or out of state . Not to raise ... debt for school , water , sani- tary and illuminating purpose , provided it owns " just proportion of the property thus ...
... debt , contract or liability of any individual , associa- tion or corporation in or out of state . Not to raise ... debt for school , water , sani- tary and illuminating purpose , provided it owns " just proportion of the property thus ...
Page 123
... debt except by ordinance specifying purpose for which funds proposed to be raised are to be applied . Such ordinance to be irrepealable until debt therein provided for fully paid . ( N.M. IX 12. ) Same ; but does not apply for debts ...
... debt except by ordinance specifying purpose for which funds proposed to be raised are to be applied . Such ordinance to be irrepealable until debt therein provided for fully paid . ( N.M. IX 12. ) Same ; but does not apply for debts ...
Page 124
... debt to be contracted nor faith or credit pledged unless " by vote " of majority of qualified voters . ( N.C. VII 7. ) No debt to be created without submitting question to qualified electors as provided in constitution " for special ...
... debt to be contracted nor faith or credit pledged unless " by vote " of majority of qualified voters . ( N.C. VII 7. ) No debt to be created without submitting question to qualified electors as provided in constitution " for special ...
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Page 973 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Page 528 - In the government of this Commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them : the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them: to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Page 283 - This section shall not be construed to prevent the issuing of certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes for amounts actually contained, or to be contained in the taxes for the year when such certificates or revenue bonds are issued and payable out of such taxes.
Page 1089 - Shall there be a convention to revise the Constitution, and amend the same?"* shall be decided by the electors qualified to vote for members of the...
Page 527 - The powers of the government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct departments; and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy to wit, those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial to another.
Page 131 - ... any debt hereafter incurred by the city of New York for a public improvement owned or to be owned by the city, which yields to the city current net revenue, after making any necessary allowance for repairs and maintenance for which the city is liable, in excess of the interest on said debt and of the annual...
Page 138 - ... provide for the collection of a direct annual tax to pay, and sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within eighteen years from the time of the contracting thereof.
Page 10 - The Legislature shall delegate all necessary power to the incorporated cities and towns of this State for the removal of Chinese without the limits of such cities and towns, or for their location within prescribed portions of those limits, and it shall also provide the necessary legislation to prohibit the introduction into this State of Chinese after the adoption of this Constitution. This section shall be enforced by appropriate legislation.
Page 973 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed, or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land.
Page 1088 - We, the people of the State of Illinois — grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and looking to Him for a blessing upon our endeavors to secure and transmit the same unimpaired to succeeding generations...