 | Louisiana. Supreme Court - 1916 - 644 pages
...328; N. О. & NW lt. Co. v. Vidalia, 117 La. 661, 508, 42 South. 139, 141. The police power extends to the protection of the lives, health, and property of the citizens. By the general police power of a state, persons and property are subject to all kinds of burdens and... | |
 | Philippines. Supreme Court - 1912 - 792 pages
...and however difficult it may be of precise definition, there is a general agreement that it extends to the protection of the lives, health and property...and to the preservation of good order and the public morals. In the absence of any constitutional prohibition, a legislature may lawfully prevent all things... | |
 | 1917 - 1192 pages
...of the federal Constitution, says: "Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the extent and boundaries of the police power, and however difficult...and to the preservation of good order and the public morals. The Legislature cimnot, by any contract, divest itself of the power to provide for these objects.... | |
 | 1988 - 160 pages
...regulate. The Court stated that even in the absence of specific reservation the legislature always retains the police power, "and however difficult it may be...and to the preservation of good order and the public morals. The public cannot, by any contract, divest itself of the power to provide for these objects... | |
 | 1918 - 1192 pages
..."to render a satisfactory delinition of 'police power,' there seems to be no doubt that it extends to the protection of the lives, health, and property of the citizens, and to the preservation of pood urder and the public morals." RCL par. 190. "This power aldp clearly extends to the résiliation... | |
 | William J. Novak - 1996 - 412 pages
...Beer Company v. Massachusetts, 32. The court defined "inalienability" this way: "[The police power] does extend to the protection of the lives, health,...and to the preservation of good order and the public morals. The legislature cannot, by any contract, divest itself of the power to provide for these objects.... | |
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Whatever differences of opinion may exist as to the extent and boundaries of the police power, and however difficult it may be to render a satisfactory definition of it, there seems to be no doubt that it does extend to the protection of the lives, health,... 
