The Administration Of Dependencies

Author : Alpheus H. Snow
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ISBN 13 : 9781331300731
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Administration of Dependencies written by Alpheus H. Snow and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Administration of Dependencies: A Study of the Evolution of the Federal Empire, With Special Reference to American Colonial Problems The study here undertaken was suggested by a conversation two years ago, on the problems arising from the recent acquisition of our Insular Possessions, in which it was emphasized that there is one clause of the Constitution of the United States - the clause by which Congress is given power "to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States" - to which the Supreme Court has never attached a definite and certain meaning. Believing that the authors of the Constitution, in framing that instrument, almost simultaneously with the enactment, by the American Congress, of an ordinance for the administration of the Northwest Territory as a dependency of the American Union, must have intended the only clause on this subject to express the true principles of the administration of dependencies, as they believed them to be, I attempted to ascertain the correctness of this belief. The inquiry necessitated a careful examination of the issues of the American Revolution, and, as a knowledge of the theory and practice of the administration of the American Colonies is essential to the understanding of these issues, my investigation extended back to the inception of the American Colonies in 1584. As a result of the inquiry, I found my belief fully corroborated - the clause in question in fact containing a statement of the principles of the administration of dependencies in a Federal Empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.