Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations, Volume 1 |
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... OFFICERS . 1. Municipal popular elections . 2. Special tribunal to determine election contests for municipal offices . 3. Power to create and appoint municipal officers . 4. Oath and official bond . 5. Duration of official term . 6 ...
... OFFICERS . 1. Municipal popular elections . 2. Special tribunal to determine election contests for municipal offices . 3. Power to create and appoint municipal officers . 4. Oath and official bond . 5. Duration of official term . 6 ...
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... OFFICERS . 1. Municipal popular elections . 2. Special tribunal to determine election contests for municipal offices . 3. Power to create and appoint municipal officers . 4. Oath and official bond . 5. Duration of official term . 6 ...
... OFFICERS . 1. Municipal popular elections . 2. Special tribunal to determine election contests for municipal offices . 3. Power to create and appoint municipal officers . 4. Oath and official bond . 5. Duration of official term . 6 ...
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... officers elected by the corporation , he might himself appoint others . In short , the city was deprived of the right of choosing its own officers , and was made dependent upon the crown . Such also was the fate of most of the ...
... officers elected by the corporation , he might himself appoint others . In short , the city was deprived of the right of choosing its own officers , and was made dependent upon the crown . Such also was the fate of most of the ...
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... officers ; each road - district , school - district , village , town , city , and county admin- isters its own local affairs by the people and for the people.1 The this power had been vested in the legisla- tive department , and not ...
... officers ; each road - district , school - district , village , town , city , and county admin- isters its own local affairs by the people and for the people.1 The this power had been vested in the legisla- tive department , and not ...
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... officers or of par- ticular individuals or classes . The corporation is the artificial body created by the law , and not the officers , since these are , from the lowest up to the councilmen or mayor , the mere ministers of the ...
... officers or of par- ticular individuals or classes . The corporation is the artificial body created by the law , and not the officers , since these are , from the lowest up to the councilmen or mayor , the mere ministers of the ...
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Page 166 - No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for the state and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.
Page 5 - A corporation is an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law. Being the mere creature of law. it possesses only those properties which the charter of its creation confers upon it, either expressly, or as incidental to its very existence.
Page 466 - That no person arrested or confined in jail, shall be treated with unnecessary rigor, or be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment.
Page 6 - It is chiefly for the purpose of clothing bodies of men in succession with these qualities and capacities that corporations were invented and are in use. By these means, a perpetual succession of individuals are capaple of acting for the promotion of the particular object, like one immortal being.
Page 457 - The right of trial by jury, as heretofore enjoyed, shall remain inviolate; but the trial of civil cases before justices of the peace by a jury of less than twelve men, may be authorized by law.
Page 130 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community but in consideration of public services, which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge to be hereditary.
Page 273 - Except as otherwise provided in this constitution, no law shall extend the term of any public officer, or increase or diminish his salary or emoluments after his election or appointment: J'io/'ïi/n/.
Page 169 - ... No county or city shall be allowed to become indebted for any purpose or in any manner to an amount which, including existing indebtedness, shall exceed ten per centum of the assessed valuation of the real estate of such county or city subject to taxation, as it appeared by the assessment rolls of said county or city on the last assessment for state or county taxes prior to the incurring of such indebtedness...
Page 79 - York of 1828, chap. 18, tit. 3, it was enacted that "the charter of every corporation that shall hereafter be granted by the legislature shall be subject to alteration, suspension, and repeal, in the discretion of the legislature.
Page 431 - State, ordain, determine and declare, that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this State to all mankind; provided that the liberty of conscience hereby granted shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.