The American Citizen in Pennsylvania: The Government of the State and of the NationAmerican Book Company, 1910 - Počet stran: 448 |
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Strana 25
... less than half the population or wealth of Pennsylvania , while 21 have less than one fifth of its population . Only three States approach it in importance . The area is nearly as great as that of England , and is one eightieth of that ...
... less than half the population or wealth of Pennsylvania , while 21 have less than one fifth of its population . Only three States approach it in importance . The area is nearly as great as that of England , and is one eightieth of that ...
Strana 42
... less democratic and less stimulating and educative than that which prevails in the New England States . The Mixed or Compromise System . The third type of local government combines some of the features of the township system with some ...
... less democratic and less stimulating and educative than that which prevails in the New England States . The Mixed or Compromise System . The third type of local government combines some of the features of the township system with some ...
Strana 61
... less than one per cent . on all taxes promptly paid , and five per cent . on all taxes paid him after the penalty has been in- curred . The City Controller . - The controller is elected by the qualified voters for a term of four years ...
... less than one per cent . on all taxes promptly paid , and five per cent . on all taxes paid him after the penalty has been in- curred . The City Controller . - The controller is elected by the qualified voters for a term of four years ...
Strana 65
... less than five nor more than six mills upon the assessed valuation of the real estate of the city . Cities of the Second Class . - Only two of our cities are at present entitled to this rank , Pittsburg and Scranton . An Act of Assembly ...
... less than five nor more than six mills upon the assessed valuation of the real estate of the city . Cities of the Second Class . - Only two of our cities are at present entitled to this rank , Pittsburg and Scranton . An Act of Assembly ...
Strana 71
... less than 400 square miles , or to less than 20,000 inhabitants ; nor shall any county be formed of less area or containing a less population ; nor shall any of its lines pass within ten miles of the county seat of any county proposed ...
... less than 400 square miles , or to less than 20,000 inhabitants ; nor shall any county be formed of less area or containing a less population ; nor shall any of its lines pass within ten miles of the county seat of any county proposed ...
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Strana i - All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship.
Strana ii - All courts shall be open, and every man for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall have remedy by due course of law, and right and justice administered without sale, denial, or delay.
Strana xxviii - Municipal and other corporations and individuals invested with the privilege of taking private property for public use shall make just compensation for property taken, injured or destroyed by the construction or enlargement of their works, highways or improvements, which compensation shall be paid or secured before such taking, injury or destruction.
Strana xliv - ... from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President ; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President of the United States.
Strana xlii - Done in Convention, by the unanimous consent of the States present, the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
Strana 300 - Washington a department of education for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Strana xxxi - Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the Senate or House of Representatives ; and if the same shall be agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two Houses, such proposed amendment or amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yeas...
Strana xxviii - The stock and indebtedness of corporations shall not be increased except in pursuance of general law, nor without the consent of the persons holding the larger amount in value of the stock first obtained at a meeting to be held after sixty days' notice given in pursuance of law.
Strana xii - ... in case of disagreement between the two houses with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper not beyond the day of the next annual meeting of the general assembly.
Strana x - ... and shall not be permitted to withhold his testimony upon the ground that it may criminate himself or subject him to public infamy; but such testimony shall not afterwards be used against him in any judicial proceeding, except for perjury in giving such testimony...