This ^ is quite correct. The Act does not the effect of the original Constitution over the States or the people at all.
corporation, association, or individual.
SEc. 17. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall Special laws
not pass special laws in any of the following cases, that is to say: For not to t be pssed
granting divorces; regulating the practice in courts of justice; regulating fied cases.
the jurisdiction or duties of justices of the peace, police magistrates, or
constables; providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases, or
swearing and impaneling jurors; remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures;
the sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or others under
disability; changing the law of descent; increasing or decreasing the
fees of public officers during the term for which said officers are elected
or appointed; granting to any corporation, association, or individual, any
special or exclusive privilege, immunity, or franchise whatsoever. The
legislative assembly shall have no power to release or extinguish, in whole Assembly to
or in part, the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation or have no power to
individual to the District or to any municipal corporation therein, nor
shall the legislative assembly have power to establish any bank of circulation, nor to authorize any company or individual to issue notes for circulation as money or currency.
SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the Legislative
District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within said Dis- pow the District, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the pro- what.
visions of this act, subject, nevertheless, to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon States by the tenth section of the first article of the
Constitution of the United States; but all acts of the legislative assembly All acts subshall at all times be subject to repeal or modification by the Congress of 'ecttorepe a
l,&c
the United States, and nothing herein shall be construed to deprive Congress of the power of legislation over said District in as ample manner as
if this law had not been enacted.
SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, T
This ^ is quite correct. The Act does not the effect of the original Constitution over the States or the people at all.
corporation, association, or individual. SEc. 17. And be it further enacted, That the legislative assembly shall Special laws not pass special laws in any of the following cases, that is to say: For not to t be pssed granting divorces; regulating the practice in courts of justice; regulating fied cases. the jurisdiction or duties of justices of the peace, police magistrates, or constables; providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases, or swearing and impaneling jurors; remitting fines, penalties, or forfeitures; the sale or mortgage of real estate belonging to minors or others under disability; changing the law of descent; increasing or decreasing the fees of public officers during the term for which said officers are elected or appointed; granting to any corporation, association, or individual, any special or exclusive privilege, immunity, or franchise whatsoever. The legislative assembly shall have no power to release or extinguish, in whole Assembly to or in part, the indebtedness, liability, or obligation of any corporation or have no power to individual to the District or to any municipal corporation therein, nor shall the legislative assembly have power to establish any bank of circulation, nor to authorize any company or individual to issue notes for circulation as money or currency. SEC. 18. And be it further enacted, That the legislative power of the Legislative District shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation within said Dis- pow the District, consistent with the Constitution of the United States and the pro- what. visions of this act, subject, nevertheless, to all the restrictions and limitations imposed upon States by the tenth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States; but all acts of the legislative assembly All acts subshall at all times be subject to repeal or modification by the Congress of 'ecttorepe a l,&c the United States, and nothing herein shall be construed to deprive Congress of the power of legislation over said District in as ample manner as if this law had not been enacted. SEC. 19. And be it further enacted, T