A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced... Niles' National Register - Page 671819Full view - About this book
| Meredith Atkinson - Australia - 1920 - 544 pages
...of description belongs to its very nature. " A Constitution to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit,...probably never be understood by the public. Its nature requires therefore that only its great outlines should be marked, its more important objects designated,... | |
| Randolph Leigh - United States - 1923 - 168 pages
...shall be expressly and minutely described." "A Constitution to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit...would probably never be understood by the public." The establishment of a national bank, therefore, was a means to an end; the power to incorporate it... | |
| United States - Constitutional amendments - 1924 - 936 pages
...instrument. * * * A constitution to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which lts great powers will admit and of all the means by which...public. Its nature, therefore, requires that only lts great outlines should be marked, its important objects designated, and the minor ingredients which... | |
| Charles Willis Needham - Commerce - 1925 - 772 pages
...McCulloch v. The State of Maryland, 4 Id. 405, "A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit, and of all the means by which it may be carried into execution, would partake of the prolixity of a political code, and would scarcely... | |
| Law - 1916 - 512 pages
...shall be expressly and minutely described. A constitution to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit,...and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind. Although among the enumerated posvers of government we do not find the word Bank or Incorporation,... | |
| United States - Law - 1928 - 750 pages
...power will admit, and of all the means by which they may be carried Into execution, would partake of a prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be embraced...marked, its important objects designated, and the 2. Provisions for Protection of Life, Liberty, and Property. — The provisions for the protection... | |
| Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 964 pages
...Wheat. 316, 4 L. Ed. 579, become pertinent: "A constitution, to contain an accurate detail of all the subdivisions of which its great powers will admit,...the prolixity of a legal code, and could scarcely be understood by the public. Its nature, therefore, requires that only its great outlines should be marked,... | |
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