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# Dawn and the Dons/THE ANZA TRAIL

CHAPTER VIII
THE ANZA TRAIL
WITH Mission and Presidio established, attention was turned to colonization, the necessity for which was imperative if California was to be held against rival encroachment. But the difficulties of colonization proved not only great, but for a time, seemingly insurmountable.
Colonization meant men and women; it meant live stock, particularly horses, cattle and sheep; it meant agricultural implements, rude though they were in that day; it meant seed for the production of food; in brief, it meant all those things that make for permanence in the settlement of a new land.
Now the only immediately available means by which these essentials could be transported to Monterey, the seat of the new colony, were sailboats of such limited tonnage, so few in number, and of such uncertainty because of scurvy, storms and sailing time consumed, that reliance upon them was speedily seen to be entirely out of the question. As Chapman expressed it, “The ships were too small and frail, and the perils of the sea too great for families of colonists or herds of domestic animals to be sent out in them.” ​The suggested plan of marching overland from the southern end of Lower California—the most accessible point by boat from the mainland of Mexico—was not feasible. Father Serra, when informed of the plan, pointed out that the supply trains necessary would require so many mules and muleteers that it would be impossible for the accompanying families of colonists and their domestic animals to find food and water along the arid and desolate route in the weary months of march before reaching San Diego. Moreover, there remained the problem of getting these mule trains, muleteers, colonists, live stock and supplies from Mexico to Lower California by boat, the same sea problem already described. Again quoting Chapman, “The short voyage across the stormy gulf to Baja California was only slightly less difficult. Writing in August, 1771, Father Verger said that five boats had already been lost that year in attempting to reach the peninsula. A sixth left San Blas on February second, and did not reach Loreto until August twentythird, having meanwhile been blown nearly to Panama.” That same year the San Antonio required sixty-eight days to get as far as San Diego, by which time practically the entire crew was down with scurvy.
So slow was the progress of colonization that in 1773, three years after the establishment of the Mission and Presidio of Monterey, the total white population of California, mainly centered at Monterey, was less than a hundred, and the total of domestic animals of all kinds ​Page:Dawn and the Dons.pdf/94 ​Page:Dawn and the Dons.pdf/95 ​Page:Dawn and the Dons.pdf/96 ​Page:Dawn and the Dons.pdf/97 ​Page:Dawn and the Dons.pdf/98 ​Page:Dawn and the Dons.pdf/99 ​Page:Dawn and the Dons.pdf/100
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## Table of contents

* Genesis
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# Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Stern

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## Dissenting Opinion

    Black
United States Supreme Court
357 U.S. 39
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Stern
Argued: April 7, 1958. --- Decided: June 9, 1958
Mr. John F. Davis, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
Mr. Walter E. Barton, Washington, D.C., for respondent.
Mr. Justice BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Southwest Exploration Company

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United States Supreme Court
350 U.S. 308
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Southwest Exploration Company
Argued: Jan. 23, 24, 1956. --- Decided: Feb 27, 1956
Mr. Hilbert P. Zarky, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.
Mr. Melvin D. Wilson, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent Southwest Exploration Co.
Mr. Harry R. Horrow, San Francisco, Cal., for respondent Huntington Beach Co.
Mr. Justice CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

## Notes

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# Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Smith

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United States Supreme Court
324 U.S. 177
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Smith
Argued: Jan. 30, 31, 1945. --- Decided: Feb 26, 1945
Mr. J. Louis Monarch, of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
Mr. Clarence D. Phillips, of Portland, Or., for respondent.
Mr. Chief Justice STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

## Notes

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# Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sternberger's Estate

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## Dissenting Opinion

    Reed
United States Supreme Court
348 U.S. 187
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Sternberger's Estate
Argued: Oct. 19 and 20, 1954. --- Decided: Jan 10, 1955
Miss
Melva M. Graney, Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
Mr. Edward S. Greinbaum, New York City, for respondent.
Mr. Justice BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

## Notes

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# Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. South Texas Lumber Company

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United States Supreme Court
333 U.S. 496
Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. South Texas Lumber Company
Argued: Jan. 14, 1948. --- Decided: March 29, 1948
Mr. Lee A. Jackson, of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.
Mr. Charles C. MacLean, Jr., of New York City, for respondent.
Mr. Justice BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allegramente

Allegramente. (I.) Rather quick.
# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allegretto

Allegretto. (I.) A term signifying a time quicker than andante, but not so quick as allegro of which word it is the diminutive.
# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allegri di bravura

Allegri di bravura. (I.) Brilliant and striking compositions, or movements.
# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allday, P

Allday, P., a composer and excellent violin pupil of Viotti, was born at Perpignan. He left France in the revolution, and went to London, where he published much music for the violin. He subsequently gave lessons at Edinburgh.
# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allegrla

Allegrla. (I.) Joy, gladness.
# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allegretto scherzando

Allegretto scherzando. (I.) Lively and sportive.
# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allegranti, Maddalena

Allegranti, Maddalena. An eminent Italian singer : she made her first appearance at Venice, in 1771, and after singing at several other Italian theatres, went, in 1774, into Germany, where she continued to perform at Manheim and Ratisbon, till the year 1789, when she returned to Venice, and after performing there at the theatre of San Samuele, during the carnival, came to England in 1781. Her voice was very sweet and flexible, though not very powerful. In 1783, she returned to Germany, when she was engaged at Dresden, by the Elector of Saxony, at a very large salary. We find hex again performing at the oratorios in London, it the year 1799.
# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allegri, Giovanni Battista

Allegri, Giovanni Battista, organist in the Venetian States, published some motets at Venice in the year 1700.
# Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/A/Allegrissimo

Allegrissimo. The superlative of Allegro; very quick.
# Counter-Attack and Other Poems/Wirers

WIRERS
"Pass it along, the wiring party's going out"— And yawning sentries mumble, "Wirers going out." Unravelling; twisting; hammering stakes with muffled thud,
They toil with stealthy haste and anger in their blood.
The Boche sends up a flare. Black forms stand rigid there, Stock-still like posts; then darkness, and the clumsy ghosts Stride hither and thither, whispering, tripped by clutching snare Of snags and tangles.
Ghastly dawn with vaporous coasts Gleams desolate along the sky, night's misery ended.
Young Hughes was badly hit; I heard him carried away, Moaning at every lurch; no doubt he'll die to-day.
But we can say the front-line wire's been safely mended.
# Counter-Attack and Other Poems/Trench Duty

TRENCH DUTY
Shaken from sleep, and numbed and scarce awake, Out in the trench with three hours' watch to take, I blunder through the splashing mirk; and then
Hear the gruff muttering voices of the men
Crouching in cabins candle-chinked with light.
Hark! There's the big bombardment on our right
Rumbling and bumping; and the dark's a glare
Of flickering horror in the sectors where
We raid the Boche; men waiting, stiff and chilled,
Or crawling on their bellies through the wire.
"What? Stretcher-bearers wanted? Some one killed?"
Five minutes ago I heard a sniper fire: Why did he do it? . . . Starlight overhead—
Blank stars. I'm wide-awake; and some chap's dead.
# Counter-Attack and Other Poems/Together

TOGETHER
Splashing along the boggy woods all day, And over brambled hedge and holding clay, I shall not think of him: But when the watery fields grow brown and dim,
And hounds have lost their fox, and horses tire, I know that he'll be with me on my way Home through the darkness to the evening fire.
He's jumped each stile along the glistening lanes; His hand will be upon the mud-soaked reins; Hearing the saddle creak, He'll wonder if the frost will come next week. I shall forget him in the morning light;
And while we gallop on he will not speak: But at the stable-door he'll say good-night.
# Counter-Currents

COUNTER-CURRENTS
BY
AGNES REPPLIER, Litt.D.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1916
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY AGNES REPPLIER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published April 1916
Note
These nine essays, in their original form, were published in the Atlantic Monthly during the past three years.
* Contents
* The Cost of Modern Sentiment1
* Our Loss of Nerve33
* Christianity and War63
* Women and War98
* The Repeal of Reticence136
* Popular Education165
* The Modest Immigrant197
* Waiting233
* Americanism260
# Counter-Attack and Other Poems/Twelve Months After

TWELVE MONTHS AFTER
Hullo! here's my platoon, the lot I had last year, "The war'll be over soon." "What 'opes?"
"No bloody fear!" Then, "Number Seven, 'shun! All present and correct."
They're standing in the sun, impassive and erect. Young Gibson with his grin; and Morgan, tired and white;
Jordan, who's out to win a D.C.M. some night; And Hughes that's keen on wiring; and Davies ('79),
Who always must be firing at the Boche front line. *****
"Old soldiers never die; they simply fide a-why!" That's what they used to sing along the roads last spring;
That's what they used to say before the push began; That's where they are to-day, knocked over to a man.
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/2002-06-20/Chapter 8

Chapter 8
Courts and Administration of Justice
Judicial authority
165.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Judicial system
166.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Constitutional Court
167.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(5)
(6)
(a)
(b)
(7)
Supreme Court of Appeal
168.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
High Courts
169.
(a)
(i)
(ii)
(b)
Magistrates’ Courts and other courts
170.
Court procedures
171.
Powers of courts in constitutional matters
172.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Inherent power
173.
to develop the common law, taking into account the interests of justice.
Appointment of judicial officers
174.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
Acting judges
175.
(1)
(2)
Terms of office and remuneration
176.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Removal
177.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(3)
Judicial Service Commission
178.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
Prosecuting authority
179.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(4)
(5)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(6)
(7)
Other matters concerning administration of justice
180.
(a)
(b)
(c)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/2002-06-20/Chapter 9

Chapter 9
State Institutions Supporting Constitutional Democracy
Establishment and governing principles
181.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Public Protector
Functions of Public Protector
182.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Tenure
183.
South African Human Rights Commission
Functions of South African Human Rights Commission
184.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(3)
(4)
Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities
Functions of Commission
185.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Composition of Commission
186.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
Commission for Gender Equality
Functions of Commission for Gender Equality
187.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Auditor-General
Functions of Auditor-General
188.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
(4)
Tenure
189.
Electoral Commission
Functions of Electoral Commission
190.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
Composition of Electoral Commission
191.
Independent Authority to Regulate Broadcasting
Broadcasting Authority
192.
General Provisions
Appointments
193.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(5)
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(6)
Removal from office
194.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
(a)
(b)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/2002-06-20/Schedule 1

Schedule 1
National Flag
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/2002-06-20/Schedule 3

Schedule 3
Election Procedures
Part A — Election Procedures for Constitutional Office-Bearers
Application
1.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Nominations
2.
Formal requirements
3.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
Announcement of names of candidates
4.
Single candidate
5.
Election procedure
6.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Elimination procedure
7.
(1)
(2)
Further meetings
8.
(1)
(2)
Rules
9.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
Part B — Formula to Determine Party Participation in Provincial Delegations to the National Council of Provinces
1.
2.
3.
(a)
(b)
the legislature must allocate the undistributed delegates in the delegation to the party or parties with the same surplus in a manner which is consistent with democracy.
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/2002-06-20/Chapter 5

Chapter 5
The President and National Executive
The President
83.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Powers and functions of President
84.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
Executive authority of the Republic
85.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Election of President
86.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Assumption of office by President
87.
Term of office of President
88.
(1)
(2)
Removal of President
89.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
that office, and may not serve in any public office.
Acting President
90.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Cabinet
91.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(4)
(5)
Accountability and responsibilities
92.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
matters under their control.
Deputy Ministers
93.
(1)
(a)
(b)
to assist the members of the Cabinet, and may dismiss them.
(2)
Continuation of Cabinet after elections
94.
Oath or affirmation
95.
Conduct of Cabinet members and Deputy Ministers
96.
(1)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Transfer of functions
97.
(a)
(b)
Temporary assignment of functions
98.
Assignment of functions
99.
(a)
Cabinet member and the Executive Council member or Municipal Council;
(b)
(c)
National supervision of provincial administration
100.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(3)
Executive decisions
101.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a)
(b)
Motions of no confidence
102.
(1)
(2)
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/2002-06-20/Schedule 4

Schedule 4
Functional Areas of Concurrent National and Provincial Legislative Competence
Part A
Administration of indigenous forests
Agriculture
Airports other than international and national airports
Animal control and diseases
Casinos, racing, gambling and wagering, excluding lotteries and sports pools
Consumer protection
Cultural matters
Disaster management
Education at all levels, excluding tertiary education
Environment
Health services
Housing
Indigenous law and customary law, subject to Chapter 12 of the Constitution
Industrial promotion
Language policy and the regulation of official languages to the extent that the provisions of section 6 of the Constitution expressly confer upon the provincial legislatures legislative competence
Media services directly controlled or provided by the provincial government, subject to section 192
Nature conservation, excluding national parks, national botanical gardens and marine resources
Police to the extent that the provisions of Chapter 11 of the Constitution confer upon the provincial legislatures legislative competence
Pollution control
Population development
Property transfer fees
Provincial public enterprises in respect of the functional areas in this Schedule and Schedule 5
Public transport
Public works only in respect of the needs of provincial government departments in the discharge of their responsibilities to administer functions specifically assigned to them in terms of the Constitution or any other law
Regional planning and development
​Road traffic regulation
Soil conservation
Tourism
Trade
Traditional leadership, subject to Chapter 12 of the Constitution
Urban and rural development
Vehicle licensing
Welfare services
Part B
The following local government matters to the extent set out in section 155(6)(a) and (7):
Air pollution
Building regulations
Child care facilities
Electricity and gas reticulation
Firefighting services
Local tourism
Municipal airports
Municipal planning
Municipal health services
Municipal public transport
Municipal public works only in respect of the needs of municipalities in the discharge of their responsibilities to administer functions specifically assigned to them under this Constitution or any other law
Pontoons, ferries, jetties, piers and harbours, excluding the regulation of international and national shipping and matters related thereto
Stormwater management systems in built-up areas
Trading regulations
Water and sanitation services limited to potable water supply systems and domestic waste-water and sewage disposal systems
# Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996/2002-06-20/Chapter 7

Chapter 7
Local Government
Status of municipalities
151.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
Objects of local government
152.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(2)
Developmental duties of municipalities
153.
(a)
(b)
Municipalities in co-operative government
154.
(1)
capacity of municipalities to manage their own affairs, to exercise their powers and to perform their functions.
(2)
Establishment of municipalities
155.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(2)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(a)
(b)
(6A)
(a)
(i)
(ii)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(7)
Powers and functions of municipalities
156.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(5)
Composition and election of Municipal Councils
157.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(5)
(6)
Membership of Municipal Councils
158.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(2)
Terms of Municipal Councils
159.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Internal procedures
160.
(1)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(2)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(3)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(4)
(a)
(b)
(5)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(6)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(7)
(8)
(a)
(b)
(c)
Privilege
161.
Publication of municipal by-laws
162.
(1)
(2)
(3)
Organised local government
163.
(a)
(b)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
Other matters
164.
# County of Bates v. Winters/Dissent Clifford

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* Case Syllabus
* Opinion of the Court
* Dissenting Opinion Clifford
United States Supreme Court
97 U.S. 83
County of Bates v. Winters
MR. JUSTICE CLIFFORD, with whom concurred MR. JUSTICE SWAYNE and MR. JUSTICE STRONG, dissenting.
I dissent from the opinion in this case, upon the ground that it is in conflict with prior decisions of this court upon the same subject.

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# County of Boone v. Burlington M. Railroad

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United States Supreme Court
139 U.S. 684
County of Boone v. Burlington M. Railroad
J. C. Cowin, for appellant.
T. M. Marquett, for appellees.
BLATCHFORD, J.

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# County of Buena Vista v. Iowa Falls South Carolina Railroad

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United States Supreme Court
112 U.S. 165
County of Buena Vista v. Iowa Falls South Carolina Railroad
Galusha Parsons, for plaintiff in error.
E. S. Bailey, for defendant in error.
MATTHEWS, J.

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# Counter-Attack and Other Poems/Their Frailty

THEIR FRAILTY
He's got a Blighty wound. He's safe; and then War's fine and bold and bright. She can forget the doomed and prisoned men Who agonize and fight.
He's back in France. She loathes the listless strain And peril of his plight. Beseeching Heaven to send him home again, She prays for peace each night.
Husbands and sons and lovers; everywhere They die; War bleeds us white. Mothers and wives and sweethearts,—they don't care So long as He's all right.
# Counter-Attack and Other Poems/The Triumph

THE TRIUMPH
When life was a cobweb of stars for Beauty who came In the whisper of leaves or a bird's lone cry in the glen, On dawn-lit hills and horizons girdled with flame I sought for the triumph that troubles the faces of men.
With death in the terrible flickering gloom of the fight I was cruel and fierce with despair; I was naked and bound;
was stricken: and Beauty returned through the shambles of night; In the faces of men she returned; and their triumph I found.
# Counter-Attack and Other Poems/The Fathers

THE FATHERS
Snug at the club two fathers sat,
Gross, goggle-eyed, and full of chat. One of them said: "My eldest lad
Writes cheery letters from Bagdad.
But Arthur's getting all the fun
At Arras with his nine-inch gun."
"Yes," wheezed the other, "that's the luck! My boy's quite broken-hearted, stuck In England training all this year.
Still, if there's truth in what we hear,
The Huns intend to ask for more
Before they bolt across the Rhine."
I watched them toddle through the door—
These impotent old friends of mine.
# Counter-Attack and Other Poems/The General

THE GENERAL
"Good-morning; good-morning!" the General said
When we met him last week on our way to the line.
Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead, And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine.
"He's a cheery old card," grunted Harry to Jack
As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack.
***** But he did for them both by his plan of attack.