 The first answer to this is that the judicial cannot prescribe to the legislative departments of the government limitations upon the exercise of its acknowledged powers. The power to tax may be exercised oppressively upon persons, but the responsibility...  Atlantic Reporter - Σελίδα 6191886Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | New Jersey. State Board of Assessors - 1887 - 636 σελίδες
...the provisions of any law not inconsistent with the fundamental law of the State. Cooley on Taxation, 34. The power to tax may be exercised oppressively...whom its members are elected. So, if a particular ta x bears heavily upon a corporation, or a class of corporations, it cannot, for that reason only,... | |
 | 1914 - 812 σελίδες
...legislative departments of the government limitations upon the exercise of its acknowledged powers. The power to tax may be exercised oppressively upon...but to the people by whom its members are elected." ~ Such a position, however, was easily justifiable on the ground that Congress had the power to stop... | |
 | Maine. Board of Agriculture - 1887 - 646 σελίδες
...exercise of its functions. This power may be exercised oppressively upon persons and corporations, but the responsibility of the Legislature is not to...but to the people by whom its members are elected. The maxim is familiar with us, as in English law, that "taxation and representation go together," and... | |
 | Robert Stewart Morrison - 1888 - 774 σελίδες
...legislative department of the government limitations upon the exercise of its acknowledged powers. The power to tax may be exercised oppressively upon...but to the people by whom its members are elected." Veasie Bank v. Fenno, 8 Wall. 533. VOL. XIV — 14 The town of Gold Hill is a public corporation created... | |
 | District of Columbia. Court of Appeals - 1895 - 640 σελίδες
...legislative department of the Government limitations upon the exercise of its acknowledged powers. The power to tax may be exercised oppressively upon...particular tax bears heavily upon a corporation, or a class of corporations, it cannot, for that reason only, be pronounced contrary to the Constitution."... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - 1895 - 1214 σελίδες
...legislative department limitations upon the exercise of its acknowledged powers. The power to tax runy be exercised oppressively upon persons ; but the responsibility...but to the people by whom its members are elected." Veazie Bank v. Fenno, 8 Wall. 533, 548; McCulloch v. Maryland, 4 Wheat. 316, 428; Providence Hank v.... | |
 | Roger Foster, Everett Vergnies Abbot - 1895 - 1126 σελίδες
...Legislative Department of the Government limitations upon the exercise of its acknowledged powers. The power to tax may be exercised oppressively upon persons, but the responsibility of the legislation is not to the courts but to the people by whom its members are elected. So, if a particular... | |
 | 1896 - 1180 σελίδες
...exercise of Its acknowledged powers. The power to tax nunbe exercised oppressively upon persons. Inn the responsibility of the legislature is not to the...but to the people by whom its members are elected." In Williams v. Supervisors, 122 US 154. 7 Sup. Ct. 1244, the supreme court decided that the mode In... | |
 | Lawrence Boyd Evans - 1898 - 702 σελίδες
...legislative department of the government limitations upon the exercise of its acknowledged powers. The power to tax may be exercised oppressively upon...particular tax bears heavily upon a corporation, or a class of corporations, it cannot, for that reason only, be pronounced contrary to the Constitution.... | |
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