Direct Legislation; Or, The Veto Power in the Hands of the PeopleC.F. Taylor, 1900 - 173페이지 |
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... million our people have expressed the wish for such an institution , and Hon . John Wanamaker says in his very able argument on the sub- ject , that the Western Union is the only visible opponent of the movement . It is enuf , however ...
... million our people have expressed the wish for such an institution , and Hon . John Wanamaker says in his very able argument on the sub- ject , that the Western Union is the only visible opponent of the movement . It is enuf , however ...
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... million people that has been entrusted in their care . Such cases show with tremendous emphasis that it will not do to leave the referendum option with the legislators . They submit questions that are immaterial to them or in respect to ...
... million people that has been entrusted in their care . Such cases show with tremendous emphasis that it will not do to leave the referendum option with the legislators . They submit questions that are immaterial to them or in respect to ...
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... million citizens owning a city or state entrust their business to 100 agents , and you wish to acquire a million dollar franchise for nothing , or obtain a contract that will give you a million more than the fair value of the work you ...
... million citizens owning a city or state entrust their business to 100 agents , and you wish to acquire a million dollar franchise for nothing , or obtain a contract that will give you a million more than the fair value of the work you ...
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... Million- aires , and it will no longer be necessary for a man like Beecher to pray " Lord keep us from despising our rulers , and keep them from behaving so we can't help it . " 10. The Referendum will help to bring out a full vote of ...
... Million- aires , and it will no longer be necessary for a man like Beecher to pray " Lord keep us from despising our rulers , and keep them from behaving so we can't help it . " 10. The Referendum will help to bring out a full vote of ...
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... million people , and in Zurich , with its 340,000 inhabitants . The legislature of Zurich consists of a single house of 300 members . It meets two or three times a year for a two - weeks ' session . It cannot grant a privilege to a ...
... million people , and in Zurich , with its 340,000 inhabitants . The legislature of Zurich consists of a single house of 300 members . It meets two or three times a year for a two - weeks ' session . It cannot grant a privilege to a ...
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163 페이지 - ... but the people reserve to themselves power to propose laws and amendments to the constitution and to enact or reject the same at the polls, independent of the legislative assembly...
109 페이지 - The mills of the gods grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small.
58 페이지 - ... such laws as may be necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health or safety, support of the state government and its existing public institutions...
145 페이지 - Were I to assign to this term a precise and definite idea, I would say, purely and simply, it means a government by its citizens in mass, acting directly and personally, according to rules established by the majority ; and that every other government is more or less republican, in proportion as it has in its composition more or less of this ingredient of the direct action of the citizens.
164 페이지 - The veto power of the Governor shall not extend to measures referred to the people. All elections on measures referred to the people of the state shall be had at the biennial regular general elections, except when the Legislative Assembly shall order a special election.
164 페이지 - The legal voters or such fractional part thereof of the State of Utah, as may be provided by law, under such conditions and in such manner and within such time as may be provided by law, may initiate any desired legislation and cause the same to be submitted to a vote of the people...
164 페이지 - ... petition, and every such petition shall include the full text of the measure so proposed. Initiative petitions shall be filed with the secretary of state not less than four months before the election at which they are to be voted upon.
164 페이지 - Court at the regular election last preceding the filing of any petition for the Initiative or for the Referendum shall be the basis on which the number of legal voters necessary to sign such petition shall be counted.
163 페이지 - He asked that his proposition be submitted to a vote of the people at the next general election, and offered to give bonds for the performance of the terms of his contract.
71 페이지 - ... believing, as I do, that the mass of the citizens is the safest depository of their own rights, and especially, that the evils flowing from the duperies of the people, are less injurious than those from, the egoism of their agents, I am a friend to that composition of government which has in it the most of this ingredient.