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... exceed revenue authorized to be raised dur- ing period for which appropriation made . ( Ill . IV 18. ) Appropriations for deficiencies not to exceed " the amount of revenue authorized by law to be raised " in period for which ...
... exceed revenue authorized to be raised dur- ing period for which appropriation made . ( Ill . IV 18. ) Appropriations for deficiencies not to exceed " the amount of revenue authorized by law to be raised " in period for which ...
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... exceed $ 1,800 for each clerk . ( Cal . V 19. ) Governor not to employ additional counsel in any case unless au- thorized by legislature . ( Md . V 3. ) Of not less than double amount of money that may come into hands , and not less ...
... exceed $ 1,800 for each clerk . ( Cal . V 19. ) Governor not to employ additional counsel in any case unless au- thorized by legislature . ( Md . V 3. ) Of not less than double amount of money that may come into hands , and not less ...
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... exceed $ 2,500 . ( Ark . XIX 11. ) Increase allowed , but total not to exceed $ 3,500 . ( Wash . III 21. ) Salary not to exceed $ 2,000 , but legislature may change by two - thirds vote of each branch . ( Ga . VI Sec . XIII 1 , 2 ...
... exceed $ 2,500 . ( Ark . XIX 11. ) Increase allowed , but total not to exceed $ 3,500 . ( Wash . III 21. ) Salary not to exceed $ 2,000 , but legislature may change by two - thirds vote of each branch . ( Ga . VI Sec . XIII 1 , 2 ...
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... exceed in any one year $ 8,000 . ( La . 82. ) COMPENSATION Salary As to whether salary fixed may be changed by law ... exceed $ 3,000 . ( Ark . XIX 11. ) Increase allowed , but total not to exceed $ 3,000 . ( Wash . III 20. ) Increase ...
... exceed in any one year $ 8,000 . ( La . 82. ) COMPENSATION Salary As to whether salary fixed may be changed by law ... exceed $ 3,000 . ( Ark . XIX 11. ) Increase allowed , but total not to exceed $ 3,000 . ( Wash . III 20. ) Increase ...
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... exceed in aggregate 7 per cent . of assessed value of real and personal property therein according to last general assess- ment . Debt may be incurred for waterworks or lighting plants when approved on referendum in excess of this ...
... exceed in aggregate 7 per cent . of assessed value of real and personal property therein according to last general assess- ment . Debt may be incurred for waterworks or lighting plants when approved on referendum in excess of this ...
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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...