Pacific Islands Pilot, Volume 1J.D. Potter, 1898 - Pilot guides |
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Page 7
... railroads at their feet , and the commerce of the country in peril . They may compromise our relations with foreign powers , and even authorize an invasion of foreign territory or the blockade of ports 5 before Congress has declared the ...
... railroads at their feet , and the commerce of the country in peril . They may compromise our relations with foreign powers , and even authorize an invasion of foreign territory or the blockade of ports 5 before Congress has declared the ...
Page 91
... collector to tes- tify , should have obtained the information necessary from the papers themselves , which were open to public inspection . RECENT CASES . CORPORATIONS . Railroads - Legislative Control - COMMENT . 91.
... collector to tes- tify , should have obtained the information necessary from the papers themselves , which were open to public inspection . RECENT CASES . CORPORATIONS . Railroads - Legislative Control - COMMENT . 91.
Page 92
... railroads of the State . Having established such maximum rate , the legislature further enacted ( Pub . Acts 1891 , No. 90 ) that the railroad companies in the State should be required to issue 1000 - mile tickets , at a specified rate ...
... railroads of the State . Having established such maximum rate , the legislature further enacted ( Pub . Acts 1891 , No. 90 ) that the railroad companies in the State should be required to issue 1000 - mile tickets , at a specified rate ...
Page 99
... railroads , elevators , etc. , is discussed , and the present state of the law as to contracts in restraint of trade . He draws the conclusion that " a combination for the ex- press purpose of preventing competition from all outside ...
... railroads , elevators , etc. , is discussed , and the present state of the law as to contracts in restraint of trade . He draws the conclusion that " a combination for the ex- press purpose of preventing competition from all outside ...
Page 148
... railroads . The cases discussed are smoothly and logically connected relieving the book of any appear- ance of legal patchwork . The words of the judges are often quoted , a feature which will afford ready help to the brief - maker ...
... railroads . The cases discussed are smoothly and logically connected relieving the book of any appear- ance of legal patchwork . The words of the judges are often quoted , a feature which will afford ready help to the brief - maker ...
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Page 156 - The President is authorized to prescribe such regulations for the admission of persons into the civil service of the United States as may best promote the efficiency thereof, and ascertain the fitness of each candidate in respect to age, health, character, knowledge, and ability for the branch of service into which he seeks to enter...
Page 23 - To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him...
Page 36 - The movement of the progressive societies has been uniform in one respect. Through all its course it has been distinguished by the gradual dissolution of family dependency and the growth of individual obligation in its place. The Individual is steadily substituted for the Family, as the unit of which civil laws take account.
Page 106 - ... in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince or state, or any colony, district, or people, with whom the United States are at peace...
Page 37 - Status, agreeably with the usage of the best writers, to signify these personal conditions only, and avoid applying the term to such conditions as are the immediate or remote result of agreement, we may say that the movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.
Page 82 - No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath day.
Page 106 - People, or of any Person or Persons exercising or assuming to exercise the Powers of Government in or over any Foreign Country, Colony, Province, or part of any Province or People...
Page 37 - The word Status may be usefully employed to construct a formula expressing the law of progress thus indicated, which, whatever be its value, seems to me to be sufficiently ascertained. .All the forms of Status taken notice of in the Law of Persons were derived from, and to some extent are still coloured by, the powers and privileges anciently residing in the Family.
Page 167 - And, as incident to this, is the right to labor or employ labor, make contracts in respect thereto upon such terms as may be agreed upon by the parties...
Page 272 - ... but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause...