Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1915-03-27
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b, q. But, however peryading this sem
! timent, and however 1t may have
contributed to the adoption of the
I, amendments we have been consider
! ing, We do not see In those amend
ments any purpose to. destroy the
main features OF the general system.
Under the pressure Of all the excited
feeling growing out Of the war, our;
statesmen have still believed that the
existence! Of the States with powers
4 for domestic and, local: government,
including the regulation of civil
!, nghtsthe rights of person and 3f
5propertyt--was essential to- the per-
feet working Of our complex form Of
! government, though they have
thought proper to impose additional
Limitations on the States, < aud to
confer ditional power on that Of
tho nation" IS. $ts{< 5 5S .,$s} L IS s Z b 5E
Another important case is Mum
~. Ill, "a us. ia, 1t was there
! held that y M
Rights Of property, and to a rea-
sonable compensation for its use,
! created by the common law, cannot
I be- taken away without due process;
I but the Law itself, as O rule Of con-
duct, may, unless constitutional linn
itations forbid, be. changed at I the
y. will Sof The legislature. The \: great
4 office Of statutes IL to remedy de-
feets Ia the common law as they
are developed, aud to adapt 1t to the
3 changes OF time and circumstances;
In Barber v. Connolly, $113aU u. s..
~, It was held that q municipal ordi-
nance prohibiting from washing and
\ ironing in public laundries and wash
houses, within defined; territorial
limits, from ten O'clock at night un-
til: six O'Clock In the morning, is q
\ purely police regulation within the
4 competency Of a municipality pos
sessed of ordinary powers. At page
Z 81 MrHJustice Field saids 81 ..3
s But neither the: amendment -
broad and comprehensive as 1t is-r--
nor any other amendment, vas de-
q the State, som etimes termed Its po-
lice power, to prescribe regulations
Sto promote the health, peace, NOR
!, ais, edncation, and good order OF
the people, and to legislate so us to
Increase the Industries Of the state,
= develop It's resources, aud add TO Its
wealth and prosperity, From if the
very necessittes OF sOcisty, legislation.
of a special character having these
objects In view. must oftenibe had In
certain districtsf such lis for draining
>marshes and irrigoting arid plains.
Special burdens are often necessary
I: for general beneil ts---for supplying
water, preventing fires, lighting dis
&tricts !, cleaning streets, opening parks
and many other oh jects. Regulations
L for these purpG ses may press with
more or Less weight upon one than
upon another, but they are designed,S
not to impose unequal or lrnnec
restrictions upon any one, but to pros
mote, with ms littlo individual intort-$
Venience as possible n the &jG general
good Though In man y i respects, nee;
assaRiiy spaaiai lii Al theif character.
they do not sfurnish lust ground !, Of
comp lint IL they operate $al Ike sllroli
all persons aud pro perry ind Ter q; the
same circumstances and conditions
Glass * IS leg station, N discriminating
against some yand favoring others, Ia
prohibited, n but legislation ~ h1ch, IN
carrying out a publ purpose is linz;
tied In Its apple ton II within the
sphere or Its operation It affects alike
all persons similarly situated, is not
within the amend ment. "'s a Nm,
In Soon Hing M Crowley, 11S, ~,
{. s. 81 03, the court approved Of " lEll1
I: WAS held in the last above cited case ta.
and, speaking Of discriminatory pro-
visions In statptes, Mr.. Justice Field
said IN $:&!$2 s,& # Es,is. g
!. ! 5}${"..The determinations which are
open to objection are those where lei
B persons engaged In the same bust
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