City of Georgetown. mandatory; that the first member of the second section is without legal effect, unless the first section be executed; and that, if the act be not executed by the corporation, then the qualification, of voters, and everything connected therewith, depend on the pre-existing laws for the government of Georgetown. Whether, however, the risks of the question being decided otherwise, are sufficient to influence their action or not, is a question for the corporation to judge. If they desire certainty in the matter, that can be attained only by disposing of it, now,-while Congress, the legislative body of the District, is in session, either with or without application to Congress. C. CUSHING. City of Georgetown. mandatory; that the first member of the second section is without legal effect, unless the first section be executed; and that, if the act be not executed by the corporation, then the qualification, of voters, and everything connected therewith, depend on the pre-existing laws for the government of Georgetown. Whether, however, the risks of the question being decided otherwise, are sufficient to influence their action or not, is a question for the corporation to judge. If they desire certainty in the matter, that can be attained only by disposing of it, now,-while Congress, the legislative body of the District, is in session, either with or without application to Congress. C. CUSHING. ATTORNEY GENERAL, his duty as to titles of land purchased by the Government,. 408 . 465 . 515 construction of CLERK OF COURTS, in District of Columbia, accountable for fees, COLLECTORS OF CUSTOMS, maximum of compensation fixed by law, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, 422 468 . 515 182 . 300 300, 546 448 416 expropriation of private land for public uses without jury, 30 30, 102, 387, 388, 418 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW, continued. corporations cannot voluntarily terminate their own existence, expatriation, right of, subject to limitation by act of Congress, 139 constitutions, equality of States, effect on eminent domain, . 300, 546 treaty-making power extends to question of alien disability in the States, 333 385 411 . 422 restriction of legislative power for private purposes, 522 effect of schedules affixed to constitutions, . 522 equality of the States vests shore lands in each, how constitutional validity of legislative forms is determined, 522 CONSULS, have no local jurisdiction of decedents' estates, . 98 citizens holding foreign consulates not privileged, . 169 . 380 foreign, cannot testify in judicial proceedings by letter, . 469 duty to appear in all cases where United States concerned, . 399 |