The Writings and Speeches of Samuel J. Tilden, Volume 2Harper and brothers, 1885 - United States |
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... removal ; but after a masterly argument in opposition by the late William O. Bartlett , Judge Blatchford , in a memorable decision , refused the application ( see 7 Benedict's Reports , p . 1 ) , holding the proposed mode of trial to be ...
... removal ; but after a masterly argument in opposition by the late William O. Bartlett , Judge Blatchford , in a memorable decision , refused the application ( see 7 Benedict's Reports , p . 1 ) , holding the proposed mode of trial to be ...
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... removing a delinquent official , and no way of holding him to account in the courts , he assented to an appeal to the legisla- tive power at Albany ; and an Act was passed whereby one functionary was expelled , and by some device the ...
... removing a delinquent official , and no way of holding him to account in the courts , he assented to an appeal to the legisla- tive power at Albany ; and an Act was passed whereby one functionary was expelled , and by some device the ...
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... removal for cause by the State . The Convention of 1846 carried its dispersion of the power of choosing local officers much farther on the same system . That system is to distinguish between the power of electing or appointing the ...
... removal for cause by the State . The Convention of 1846 carried its dispersion of the power of choosing local officers much farther on the same system . That system is to distinguish between the power of electing or appointing the ...
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... removing the prohibition against " selling , leasing , or otherwise Disposition of the non - paying disposing of " the canals owned by the State in canals . respect to all except the Erie , the Oswego , the Champlain , and the Cayuga ...
... removing the prohibition against " selling , leasing , or otherwise Disposition of the non - paying disposing of " the canals owned by the State in canals . respect to all except the Erie , the Oswego , the Champlain , and the Cayuga ...
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... removed if the Govern- ment should put out legal tenders and take in a How distress corresponding amount of bonds , or if a bank cannot be cured . should deposit bonds and receive notes in exchange . Still the individual distressed for ...
... removed if the Govern- ment should put out legal tenders and take in a How distress corresponding amount of bonds , or if a bank cannot be cured . should deposit bonds and receive notes in exchange . Still the individual distressed for ...
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Page 380 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.
Page 440 - Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Convention, that as soon as the Conventions of nine states shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the states which shall have ratified the same...
Page 111 - All contracts for work or materials on any canal shall be made with the persons who shall offer to .do or provide the same at the lowest price, with adequate security for their performance.
Page 465 - A ; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing of the two Houses, shall make a list of the votes as they shall appear from the said certificates ; and the votes having been ascertained and counted in the manner and according to the rules in this act provided, the result of the same shall be delivered to the President of the Senate...
Page 203 - The State may, to meet casual deficits or failures in revenues, or for expenses not provided for, contract debts, but such debts, direct and contingent, singly or in the aggregate, shall not at any time exceed one million of dollars; and the moneys arising from the loans creating such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which they were obtained, or to repay the debt...
Page 457 - Two tellers shall be previously appointed on the part of the Senate and two on the part of the House of Representatives, to whom shall be handed, as they are opened by the President of the Senate, all the certificates and papers purporting to be certificates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented, and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the States, beginning with the letter A ; and said tellers, having then read the same in the presence and hearing...
Page 117 - It shall be the duty of the legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debts by such municipal corporations.
Page 169 - The Legislature shall neither audit nor allow any private claim or account against the State, but may appropriate money to pay such claims as shall have been audited and allowed according to law.