The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political ScienceJohn Martin Vincent Johns Hopkins University Press, 1897 - History |
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Page 20 - I consider this among the most important acts of my life, second only to my signing the Declaration of Independence, if even it be second to that.
Page 38 - Tax buildings conjointly with land as real estate at a uniform valuation ; and then, as the equivalent for all taxation on personal property, tax the occupier, be he owner or tenant of any building or portion of any building used as a dwelling, or for any other purpose, on a valuation of three times the rental or rental value of the premises occupied. Tenement houses occupied by more than one family, or tenement houses having a rental value not in excess of a fixed sum, to be taxed to the owner or...
Page 31 - The said fund shall be distributed among the school districts of the State in proportion to the number of children of school age in each district.
Page 61 - The duties specified in its charter were imposed with reference to the changes and improved methods of street paving which experience might sanction as superior to, and more economical than, old methods. In other words, the company is bound to keep pace with the progress of the age, in which it continues to exercise its corporate functions.
Page 18 - August next, if any person shall do or perform any worldly employment or business whatsoever on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday, (works of necessity and charity only excepted...
Page 51 - ... their excess of inventive power, and of their all too great industry. Robbers, thieves, smugglers, and cheats know their own local and personal circumstances and conditions extremely well, and pay the most active attention to their business; but it by no means follows therefrom, that society is in the best condition where such individuals are least restrained in the exercise of their private industry. In a thousand cases the power of the State is compelled to impose restrictions on private industry....
Page 18 - That the said president and directors shall annually, or semi-annually, declare and make such dividend as they may deem proper, of the net profits arising from the resources of the said company, after deducting the necessary current and probable contingent expenses ; and that they shall divide the same amongst the proprietors of the stock of said company, in proper proportions to their respective shares.