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... limit , restrict or prevent acquiring and holding of land in state by non - resident aliens . ( Miss . IV 84. ) Every person of good character , who comes to settle in this state , having first taken an oath or affirmation of allegiance ...
... limit , restrict or prevent acquiring and holding of land in state by non - resident aliens . ( Miss . IV 84. ) Every person of good character , who comes to settle in this state , having first taken an oath or affirmation of allegiance ...
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... Limit on Number at Same Time No more than two amendments may be submitted at same time . ( Ky . 256. ) No more than three amendments may be submitted at same time . ( Ark . XIX 22 ; Kan . XIV 1 ; Mont . XIX 9. ) Amendments may not be ...
... Limit on Number at Same Time No more than two amendments may be submitted at same time . ( Ky . 256. ) No more than three amendments may be submitted at same time . ( Ark . XIX 22 ; Kan . XIV 1 ; Mont . XIX 9. ) Amendments may not be ...
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... limit of rate for state purposes to pay such appropria- tions or expenditures within such fiscal year ; this does not apply to appropriations or expenditures to suppress insurrec- tion , defend state or assist in defending United States ...
... limit of rate for state purposes to pay such appropria- tions or expenditures within such fiscal year ; this does not apply to appropriations or expenditures to suppress insurrec- tion , defend state or assist in defending United States ...
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... limit . ( La . 82. ) Quorum for Passage On bills making , continuing or reviving appropriations three- fifths of members elected to each house required . ( N.Y. III 25 ; Wis . VIII 8. ) Vote Required for Passage " No law granting a ...
... limit . ( La . 82. ) Quorum for Passage On bills making , continuing or reviving appropriations three- fifths of members elected to each house required . ( N.Y. III 25 ; Wis . VIII 8. ) Vote Required for Passage " No law granting a ...
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... Limit of Amount Not to exceed 7 per cent . of assessed value of taxable property ; 66 nor shall any such ... limits of borough without consent of local authorities . ( Pa . XVII 9. ) BOUNDARIES OF STATE See TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION . See ...
... Limit of Amount Not to exceed 7 per cent . of assessed value of taxable property ; 66 nor shall any such ... limits of borough without consent of local authorities . ( Pa . XVII 9. ) BOUNDARIES OF STATE See TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION . See ...
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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...