All laws of a general nature shall have a uniform operation; the General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which upon the same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens. History and Civil Government of Iowa - Page 165by Homer Horatio Seerley, Leonard Woods Parish - 1897 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1842 - 742 pages
...citizen, nor class of citizens, says our Constitution, shall have granted to them privileges or immunities which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens." All other citizens have the valuable privilege, if it be one, of escaping punishment for crime, by... | |
| Florida. Supreme Court - 1887 - 970 pages
...right of acquiring, possessing and protecting property,'' and forbid the General Assembly granting "to any citizen or class of citizens privileges or...same terms shall not equally belong to all citizens." It was held by the Supreme Court that a statute providing the granting of permits to persons of good... | |
| Indiana. Constitutional Convention - 1850 - 1114 pages
...Legislature against giving any advantages to one class of persons over another. It reads as follows: "The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen or class of citizens privileges or i immunities which upon the same terms shall ; not belong equally to all citizens.*' j I could not... | |
| Indiana - 1851 - 40 pages
...hereafter contracted ; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud. SEC. 23. The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen,...same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens. SEC. 24. No ex post facto , law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed.... | |
| Indiana. Constitutional Convention - 1851 - 1104 pages
...any title of nobility or hereditary distinctions, nor grant any extraordinary priveleges. SEC. 19. The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen or class of citizens, privileges and immunities which upon the same terms shall not belong equally to all citizens. SEC. J6. The Legislature... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1891 - 782 pages
...Co. v. Iowa.) It was held, in spite of this constitutional provision, and also of another, to wit: " The general assembly shall not grant to any citizen...terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens,'" — That this legislation was valid. The Court said : " The statute divides the railroads of the state... | |
| 1852 - 680 pages
...liability hereafter contracted ; and there shall be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud. 23. The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen,...same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens. 24. No ex-post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed. 25. No... | |
| 1855 - 576 pages
...liability hereafter contracted; and there shull be no imprisonment for debt, except in case of fraud. 23. The general assembly shall not grant to any citizen,...same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens. 24. No ex post facto law, or Jaw impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed. 25. No... | |
| Iowa - 1857 - 648 pages
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