Speeches and State Papers of James Stephen Hogg, Ex-governor of Texas: With a Sketch of His LifeState printing Company, 1905 - 453 էջ |
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... court of which I was the head took charge of that then sparsely settled and poor county's affairs , we found a floating debt of over $ 20,000 ; taxes at 75 cents on the hundred dollars and scrip at 25 cents on the dol- lar . Within ...
... court of which I was the head took charge of that then sparsely settled and poor county's affairs , we found a floating debt of over $ 20,000 ; taxes at 75 cents on the hundred dollars and scrip at 25 cents on the dol- lar . Within ...
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... courts . The first case that tested their strength and legal status was brought by me in the District court of Travis county , and is known as the case of the State v . International & Great Northern Rail- way Company . For the ...
... courts . The first case that tested their strength and legal status was brought by me in the District court of Travis county , and is known as the case of the State v . International & Great Northern Rail- way Company . For the ...
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... court and has commissioners appointed who settle that question . The sum fixed is paid , and thus the property becomes condemned under the extraordinary " fran- chise , " and the work of tearing down proceeds . All this is done by the ...
... court and has commissioners appointed who settle that question . The sum fixed is paid , and thus the property becomes condemned under the extraordinary " fran- chise , " and the work of tearing down proceeds . All this is done by the ...
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... court at Waco to satisfy said bonds and mortgages , the purchasers paying therefore the sum of $ 5,000,000 . Last year it was again placed in the hands of a re- ceiver in the Federal court at Tyler , and suit is now pending there to ...
... court at Waco to satisfy said bonds and mortgages , the purchasers paying therefore the sum of $ 5,000,000 . Last year it was again placed in the hands of a re- ceiver in the Federal court at Tyler , and suit is now pending there to ...
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... court by the State for the violation or disobedience by them of any rate or rule adopted by the commission ; and in ... courts for containing some obnoxious feature designedly placed there at the instance of its enemies . Possessed of ...
... court by the State for the violation or disobedience by them of any rate or rule adopted by the commission ; and in ... courts for containing some obnoxious feature designedly placed there at the instance of its enemies . Possessed of ...
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Էջ 122 - Perpetuities and monopolies are contrary to the genius of a free government, and shall never be allowed; nor shall the law of primogeniture or entailments ever be in force in this state.
Էջ 312 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every State in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Էջ 112 - No corporation shall issue stocks or bonds except for money, labor done, or money or property actually received, and all fictitious increase of stock or indebtedness shall be void.
Էջ 323 - The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners, constantly working underground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing our constitution from a co-ordination of a general and special government to a general and supreme one alone.
Էջ 359 - We hold to the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, and to the coinage of both gold and silver without discriminating against either metal or charge for mintage...
Էջ 304 - Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children : and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already : neither is it in our power to redeem them ; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
Էջ 426 - Commissioner hereunder shall hold any other office under the government of the United States or of this State or of any other State government; and shall not while such Commissioner engage in any occupation or business inconsistent with his duties as such Commissioner.
Էջ 374 - We hold, however, that the basis of all calculations as to the reasonableness of rates to be charged by a corporation maintaining a highway under legislative sanction must be the fair value of the property being used by it for the convenience of the public. And in order to ascertain that value, the original cost of construction, the amount expended in permanent improvements, the amount and market value of its bonds and stock, the present as compared with the original cost of construction, the probable...
Էջ 89 - Assembly, and accompany his message with a statement of all moneys received and paid out by him from any funds subject to his order, with vouchers, and at the commencement of each regular session present estimates of the amount of money required to be raised by taxation for all purposes.
Էջ 103 - all contracts for a greater rate of interest than 10 per cent per annum...