Cooley 1868 Constitutional Limitations

Ledox Library B an cva ft C o I Uu-timt..Vui-dTiun-CrmlSfU'. TREATISE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS WHICH REST UPON THE LEGISLATIVE POWER OF THE STATES OF THE AMERICAN UNION. BY THOMAS M. COOLEY, LL.D., ONE OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF MICHIGAN, AND JAY PROFESSOR OF LAW IX THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THIRD EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS, GIVING THE RESULTS OF THE SEQE^TS OASIiS. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, 1874. Che« Entered according to Act of Congress, in the 3-ear 1674, by LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY, In tlie Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. CAMBRIDGE: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. ) PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. In the Preface to the first edition of this work, the author stated its purpose to be, to furnish to the practitioner and the student of the law such a presentation of elementary constitutional principles as should serve, with the aid of its references to judicial decisions, legal treatises, and historical events, as a convenient guide in the examination of questions respecting the constitutional limitations which rest upon the power of the several State legislatures. In the accomplishment of that purpose, the author further stated that he had faithfully endeavored to give the law as it had been settled by the authorities, rather than to present his own views. At the same time, he did not attempt to deny —…