 | 1896 - 644 páginas
...connected with a particular district, enabling them to conduct its local civil government, and to be merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of the government. Philadelphia v. Fox, 64 Pa. 180. Beach on Public Corporations, sec. 5, page II. The... | |
 | 1886 - 956 páginas
...mediately or immediately. A municipal corporation, as was said in Philadelphia v. .Fox, 64 Pa. St. 169, "is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the...carrying out in detail the objects of government, — essentially a revocable agency, having no vested right to any of its powers or franchises, the... | |
 | 1901 - 1162 páginas
...government for political purposes, and having subordinate and local powers of legislation. * * * It is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the...carrying out In detail the objects of government, — essentially a revocable agency, having no vested right to any of Its powers or franchises; the... | |
 | 1886 - 1076 páginas
...therefore ruled this case. Mr. Theodore A. Lamb, for defendants in error: A municipal corporation is merely an agency instituted by the Sovereign for the...carrying out in detail the objects of government. Philadelphia v. Foj; 04 Pa. 169. The same power that created the agency can change it at will; and... | |
 | 1907 - 1166 páginas
...particular district, enabling them to conduct its local civil government. Glover. Mun. Corp. 1. It is merely an agency Instituted by the sovereign for the purpose of carrying out In detail the objecta of government, essentially a revocable agency, having no vested right to any of its powers... | |
 | 1899 - 1134 páginas
...contracts. • * * The mayor and council of Wilmington Is merely an agency instituted by the state for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of government. It is essentially a revocable agency. It has no vested [interest in] any of its powers or franchises.... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1911 - 1026 páginas
...particular place, is the mayor and council of Wilmington, is . merely an agency instituted by the state for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of government. It is essentially a revocable agency. It has no vested right to any of its powers or franchises. Its... | |
 | Emerson E. Ballard, Tilghman Ethan Ballard - 1897 - 896 páginas
...distinguishing feature of a municipal corporation proper.' Dill. Mun. Corp. § 20. A municipal corporation ' is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of the government.' Philadelphia v. Fox, 64 Pa. St. 180. See, also, 12 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 952. It will... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1898 - 772 páginas
...has a local and civil government, and is an agency instituted by the sovereignty of the United States for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of government. In this regard it bears substantially the same relation to the federal government as a county bears... | |
 | 1899 - 932 páginas
...on contracts. . . . The mayor and council of Wilmington is merely an agency instituted by the state for the purpose of carrying out in detail the objects of government. It is essentially a revocable agency. It has no vested [interest in] any of its powers or franchises.... | |
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The city of Philadelphia is a municipal corporation, that is a public corporation created by the government for political purposes, and having subordinate and local powers of legislation It is merely an agency instituted by the sovereign for the purpose... 
