The Referendum in America: Together with Some Chapters on the History of the Initiative and Other Phases of Popular Government in the United StatesC. Scribner's Sons, 1900 - 430 Seiten |
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... Liquor Laws and Vexed Questions CHAPTER XIII 286 V The Local Referendum - Is It Constitutional ? .... 311 Y CHAPTER XIV The Referendum on City Charters .... 335 CHAPTER XV The Initiative in America .. CHAPTER XVI The Referendum vs. the ...
... Liquor Laws and Vexed Questions CHAPTER XIII 286 V The Local Referendum - Is It Constitutional ? .... 311 Y CHAPTER XIV The Referendum on City Charters .... 335 CHAPTER XV The Initiative in America .. CHAPTER XVI The Referendum vs. the ...
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... liquors sometimes receive this kind of treatment , and the privilege of expressing them- selves on these points the people often seem very highly to appreciate . To name only a few of the more recent cases : In 1889 when the ...
... liquors sometimes receive this kind of treatment , and the privilege of expressing them- selves on these points the people often seem very highly to appreciate . To name only a few of the more recent cases : In 1889 when the ...
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... liquor traffic . In the State of Washing- ton in 1889 when the first Constitution was submitted to popular vote there were three accompanying propositions , relating again to woman suffirage , " prohibition " and the selection of a ...
... liquor traffic . In the State of Washing- ton in 1889 when the first Constitution was submitted to popular vote there were three accompanying propositions , relating again to woman suffirage , " prohibition " and the selection of a ...
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... liquors have been submitted in the States again and again , by legislatures whose members have had no feel- ing of responsibility regarding their action . In a period of ten years , or from 1880 to 1890 , some twenty States appear to ...
... liquors have been submitted in the States again and again , by legislatures whose members have had no feel- ing of responsibility regarding their action . In a period of ten years , or from 1880 to 1890 , some twenty States appear to ...
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... liquors , as in Nebraska in 1890 , and for in- troducing a socialistic system of State agencies or liquor dispensaries , as in South Dakota in 1898 , the legislature escapes its just responsibility by calling for a popular vote . Such ...
... liquors , as in Nebraska in 1890 , and for in- troducing a socialistic system of State agencies or liquor dispensaries , as in South Dakota in 1898 , the legislature escapes its just responsibility by calling for a popular vote . Such ...
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Seite 148 - ... then it shall be the duty of the legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people in such manner and at such time as the legislature shall prescribe; and if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislature voting thereon, such amendment or amendments shall become part of the constitution...
Seite 148 - Senators, and shall be published for three months previous to the time of making such choice; and if in the Legislature so next chosen, as aforesaid, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be agreed to by a majority of all the members elected to each house, then it shall be the duty of the Legislature to submit such proposed amendment or amendments to the people, in such manner and at such time as the Legislature shall prescribe...
Seite 207 - Federal constitution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, and we favor direct legislation wherever practicable.
Seite 277 - No county, city, town, or other municipal corporation, shall contract any debt, pledge its faith, or loan its credit, nor shall any tax be levied or collected by any officers of the same, except for the necessary expenses thereof, unless by a vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein.
Seite 13 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Seite 25 - that the legislative, executive and judiciary departments, shall be separate and distinct; so that neither exercise the powers properly belonging to the other...
Seite 113 - ... election shall have voted for a convention, the legislature shall at the next session provide by law for calling the same; and such convention shall consist of a number of members, not less than double that of the most numerous branch of the legislature.
Seite 148 - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the general assembly; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses, such proposed amendment shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas and nays taken thereon, and referred to the legislature to be chosen at the next general election...
Seite 140 - No convention of the people shall be called by the General Assembly to revise, amend or change this Constitution, unless by the concurrence of two-thirds of all the members of each House of the General Assembly. The representation in said convention shall be based on population as near as practicable.
Seite 209 - One of the settled maxims in constitutional law is that the power conferred upon the legislature to make laws cannot be delegated by that department to any other body or authority. Where the sovereign power of the state has located the authority, there it must remain; and by the constitutional agency alone the laws must be made until the Constitution itself is changed.