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Property. Communal rights of property in Louisiana__

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Sequestrating property of alien enemy during insurrection.....
Unless otherwise declared by Congress title to every species of
property owned by a territory passes to the State upon its admis-
sion into the Union.....

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Control of United States property is vested in Congress regardless
of its location..........

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Executive department can not sell public property without consent
of Congress..--

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Any question as to title to land which has once been property of the
United States must be resolved by Federal laws.........

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Property rights under treaties_ _ _ _

550

Private property may be taken or destroyed in time of war to pre-
vent it from falling into the hands of the enemy..
Automobile used to defraud United States of tax....
Seizure, under trading with enemy act, without judicial determina-
tion of enemy ownership does not violate right of owner.
Act validating registration of mortgages of personal property--
Prohibiting disposition or encumbrance of community property-----
Taking property for public use is where the land or other property
of an individual is taken from him for the use of the Government
or public...

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The distinction between damage and taking must be observed in
applying the fifth amendment_ __

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Owner is entitled to compensation in case the value of his property
is decreased where part is taken................

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The extent to which private property may be taken for public use
rests wholly in the legislative discretion..

610

Letters patent for a new invention or discovery confer upon the
patentee an exclusive right of property...

611

Property confiscated under an act of Congress as the property of a
public enemy is not so taken as to give a right to recover its value
under the fifth amendment..

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There is a distinction between the taking of property for public
uses and a consequential injury to such property by reason of
some public work....

612

Amount of compensation to be paid for property taken under eminent
domain may be intrusted to commissioners..

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Suit against State officer for foreclosure of mortgage on property
held by the State____

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The right to labor is property and a person can not be deprived of
it by simple mandate of the legislature.........

670

A right of action which springs from contract is property within the
protection of the fourteenth amendment

670

A ferry franchise is as much property as a rent or any other incorporeal
hereditament-----

671

In the lawful exercise of municipal authority the fact that private
property is incidentally injured does not amount to a taking of
property without due process of law.

671

So far as property is dangerous to the safety or health of the com-
munity, due process of law may authorize its summary destruction_
Public office is not property and a determination of the general assem-
bly as to the right to the office of governor is not open to judicial
review

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Property is not taken without due process of law where there has
been a fair trial in a court of justice...--

703

A State can, under its taxing power and without denial of due process,
tax tangible property having a situs within its borders, irrespective
of the residence of owner.

709

Direct and consequential injuries to property resulting from the
construction of a railroad along a city street...

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Property. Congress has power to tax income received by a native citizen of
the United States domiciled abroad from property situated abroad.
Property deprivation of, under fifth amendment. Power of taxation____
Income tax..

Corporation tax..........

Excess profits tax..

Tax on foreign-built pleasure boats..........

Repealing vested exemption from taxation_

Destruction of business__.

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Requiring property in the District of Columbia to be connected

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Property of the United States. Congress may dispose of and make all

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Property power of eminent domain. Value of real estate destroyed or
impaired...

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Removal or alteration of bridge as an obstruction to navigation..

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Property-relation of rates to value of property. In determining whether

rates are confiscatory, the basis of calculation is the fair value of
the property

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Property without due process of law. No person shall be compelled in any

criminal case to be a witness against himself; nor shall he be de-
prived of his life, liberty, or....

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No State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States, nor deprive any person of his life, liberty, or..
Prosecutions.

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The accused shall have a speedy and public trial in all

criminal

614

He shall be tried by a jury in the State or district where the crime was
committed...

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He shall be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation_.
He shall be confronted with the witnesses against him....
He shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses-
He shall have counsel for his defense__.

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Protection of the laws. No State shall deny to any person within its juris-

diction the equal..

651

Public debt of the United States incurred in suppressing insurrection or
rebellion shall not be questioned. The validity of the....
Public lands.

742

The phrase "places purchased" limits the National Gov-
ernment to one mode of acquiring exclusive legislative authority over
land within a State, viz, by purchase with the State's consent.----
No appropriation of public land can be made for any purpose but by
authority of Congress..

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Mere possession of public land, without title, does not justify the
maintenance of a suit against one deriving his title from the Gov-
ernment ---

528

Mere settlement on public land does not establish a vested right
thereto. __

529

Acts of Congress for the reclamation of public lands are valid...............
Congress has power, in its discretion, to authorize the leasing of lead
mines on public lands..

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Public lands.

Power of Congress in the disposition of the public domain
can not be interfered with by any State legislation_
Public safety may require it. The writ of habeas corpus shall not be sus-
pended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the..
Public trial by jury. In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a
speedy and....

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Public use.
pensation

Private property shall not be taken for, without just com-

575

Punishment according to law. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall
not extend further than to removal from, and disqualification for,
office; but the party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and sub-
ject to indictment, trial, judgment, and------

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Punishments inflicted. Excessive bail shall not be required nor excessive

fines imposed nor cruel and unusual...

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Punishment for crime under eighth amendment. Effect of the fourteenth

Excessive fines and cruel and unusual punishments.
Appellate jurisdiction of Federal Supreme Court..

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Qualification for office. No religious test shall ever be required as a.....
Qualifications of electors of members of the House of Representatives shall be
the same as electors for the most numerous branch of the State
legislature

Qualifications of electors of members of the Senate shall be the same as elec-
tors for the most numerous branch of the State legislature. The

seventeenth amendment.__.

Qualifications of members of the House of Representatives. They shall be
twenty-five years of age, seven years a citizen of the United States,
and an inhabitant of the State in which chosen_-
Qualifications of Senators. They shall be thirty years of age, nine years
a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant of the State in
which chosen___

Of its own members. Each House shall be the judge of the election,
returns, and.........

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Of the President. No person except a natural-born citizen, or a
citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the
Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President__.
Neither shall any person be eligible to the office of President who
shall not have attained the age of thirty-five years, and been four-
teen years a resident within the United States....

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Of the Vice President. No person constitutionally ineligible to the
office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice President....
Quarantine and Health Regulations. Tax on foreign-owned ships to cover
expense of..

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Excluding healthy persons from a locality infested with a contagious
disease.....

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Quartered in any house without the consent of the owner in time of peace.
No soldier shall be_____

570

Quorum. Two-thirds vote in each House of Congress, required in pro-
posing amendment to Constitution, is a vote of two-thirds of
Members present, assuming presence of quorum.....

Quorum to do business. A majority of each House shall constitute a....
But a smaller number than a quorum may adjourn from day to day,
and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members
Of the House of Representatives for choosing a President shall con-
sist of a member or members from two-thirds of the States, and a
majority of all the States shall be necessary to a choice...
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Quorum to elect a Vice President by the Senate.

number of Senators shall be a...

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Two-thirds of the whole

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A majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice____

Race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United

States or by any State on account of....

Railroads and express companies-powers of the States. Consolidation of

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The right of citizens of the

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Federal act requiring carriers to obtain permission before issuing
stocks and bonds does not deny due process.

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Power of Congress to regulate rates.

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Lessor railroad held not liable for death of employee during Federal
control______

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States have power to prescribe rates for intrastate transportation.___
States have no power to prescribe rates for interstate transportation..
Federal Control Act held valid under the war power....
Railroad companies. Common carriers engaged in interstate commerce__

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A State law prohibiting the consolidation of parallel and competing

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The condemnation by a railroad company of land for a spur track is
not a taking of property for a private use.

690

Suit against a corporation commission to restrain alleged illegal inter-
ferences with property of railway company is not suit against the
State_

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