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Page xxxii - in which each shall use his own property, when such regulation becomes necessary for the public good. In their exercise, it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers,
Page xxix - action, or, in other words, for an act which, when done, was in violation of no existing law; a law that destroys or impairs the lawful private contracts of citizens; a law that makes a man a judge in his own cause; or a law that takes property from A., and gives
Page lvi - article eighteen of the Constitution of this State, and shall enter into bonds with the people of the State of Michigan in the sum of ten thousand dollars, with sureties to be approved by the Governor conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. SEC. 8. Each of said members, other than the
Page xxxiii - the legislature may, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on different railroads in this State, and shall prohibit
Page xxix - be considered a rightful exercise of legislative authority. The obligation of a law in governments established on express compact and on republican principles must be determined by the nature of the power on which it is founded. A few instances will suffice to explain what I mean: A law that punished a citizen for an
Page xxix - as a crime, or violate the right of antecedent lawful private contract, or the right of private property. To maintain that our federal or state legislature possesses such powers, if they had not been expressly restrained, would, in my opinion, be a political heresy, altogether inadmissible in our free republican government.
Page xxiv - the legislature may, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on different railroads in this state,'
Page xx - the legislature may, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on different railroads in this state,
Page lvi - for each and every day spent in the performance of his duties. He shall be reimbursed for all actual cash outlay for railroad and hotel fares, and other expenses incurred in the performance of his duties. His bills for services and expenses shall be audited by the Board of State Auditors and paid from the State Treasury.
Page xxxii - when private property is affected with a public interest, it ceases to be juris privati only; and, in case of its dedication to such a purpose as this, the owners