| 单词 | statute book |
| 例句 | “The manuscript we offer represents one of the earliest—if not the earliest—appearances of Magna Carta in a statute book, a watershed in the history of English law and legal training.” You Could Own a Centuries-Old Copy of the Magna Carta 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Once derided as merely “freak” concerns, they’ve since been embraced by local law enforcement or moved to the statute books. The Great Art Behind Hunter S. Thompson’s Run for Sheriff 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z But the Icelandic government is serious in tackling the issue and could bring a ban to its statute books within the year. Can Iceland lead the way towards a ban on violent online pornography? 2013-02-16T22:46:28Z The law should be enforced at other Florida businesses since to do otherwise will “erase from Florida’s statute books” a law meant to protect children, the application said. Florida officials ask US Supreme Court to block rulings limiting anti-drag show law 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z "There's been a huge number of new offences that have appeared on the statute book and there is a real risk of it becoming overcomplicated," she says. Russell Brand accuser sparks debate about staggered age of consent 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z For example "discrediting the army" and spreading "fake news" about alleged Russian atrocities in Ukraine, two new crimes placed on the statute book in March 2022, can land dissenters in prison for years. The critics of Russia's war in Ukraine caught in jail 'carousel' 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z While Awaab's Law has now been written into the statute book to compel social housing landlords to inspect and repair damp and mould, this does not cover the private rental sector. 'I fear my children could die due to mould in home' 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z She added that the legislation would "bring about the most significant reforms to social housing regulation in over a decade and this bill is now ready to proceed to the statute book". Grenfell Tower and Awaab Ishak tributes as social housing bill passes 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z However, she said the bill was "a vital first step in getting these rights on the statute book". Right to unpaid leave for carers set to become law 2023-05-19T04:00:00Z Anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination laws are still on the statute books in parts of Eastern Europe and though it remains challenging for people in some of Eurovision's competing nations, there are reassuring signs. How Eurovision became an LGBTQ+ safe space 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z So while the pension reform is on the statute books, Macron has much political capital still to regain. After pension reform battle, Macron weakened but unbowed 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z A separate bill making its way through the Legislature would strike those restrictions from the statute books in case that ruling is reversed on appeal. Minnesota Senate backs abortion rights after marathon debate 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z "The UK government's Kept Animals Bill will change that - and the findings from Panorama highlighting issues at events like this demonstrates why we need that legislation on the statute book as soon as possible." Coventry dog show cancelled after BBC investigation 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z And for all the fine words and the eulogies, the electoral laws Sandeng fought to change and died for are still on the statute books. The Gambian man who took on a tyrant and made history 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z Those didn’t need to be crimes described in the statute books, as I explained at the time. Jan. 6 committee justly defends the rule of law 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z "To go into a country where on the statute book they have the death penalty for being gay, was not an easy thing to contemplate in the first instance," Amann said. Captains are asked to speak out on rights in Qatar 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z In her office sit election manuals, estate records, boxes of cremated remains and a shelf of yellow Nevada statute books. As election nears, Nevada county clerks grapple with burnout 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z “It gives me hope that we won’t be the last country to put access to free period products on the statute books,” Ms. Lennon said. Scotland Makes Period Products Free 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z It may not make it to the statute books, but it has highlighted the oppression that the LGBTQ+ community in Nigeria has felt for years. The Nigerians worried about a bill to outlaw cross-dressing 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z On Saturday, Truss will announce that all EU legislation transposed onto the UK statute books will be given a "sunset" clause by the end of 2023, the Telegraph reported. Britain's Sunak to put government on crisis footing -Times interview 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z The DPR has had the death penalty on its statute books since 2014, but no legislation outlining how to enforce it until now. Russia-backed separatists to start using death penalty from 2025 - criminal code 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Though Russia does not carry out the death penalty, the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, whose independence is recognised only by Moscow, have it on their statute books. Russia: Britain asks for help over Donetsk death sentences 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z By contrast the US, where President Biden has struggled to get climate legislation on the statute books, has seen another oil boom. Bonn climate conference: Ukraine war no excuse for prolonging coal, Kerry warns 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Coronavirus has complicated the chances of some bills making it into the statute books. 'Severe' time pressures could stop NI legislation, warns speaker 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Once an agreement is reached then governments would be expected to bring the new rules onto their statute books next year so that they take effect in 2023. Global tax deal drops 'at least" from proposed minimum of 15% 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z The main opposition Labour Party said it agreed it was a “reasonable” approach to take some measures off the statute book but that lawmakers would study the detail of the proposals. No vaccine passports: UK PM to set out winter COVID-19 plan 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z It won a special place in the international statute books when the United Nations formalized the Genocide Convention in 1948. Ethiopia Tigray crisis: Warnings of genocide and famine 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z "We very much hope that these new powers will be proactively used by criminal justice agencies and not become laws that sit little-used on the statute books," it said. Domestic Abuse Bill: For these victims, a new law is long overdue 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z "The best way to get this on to the statute books is to play this with a very straight bat." Irish language speakers treated with 'disrespect' 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The Agriculture Bill - which was first introduced into the Commons in 2018 by Theresa May's government - and the Immigration Bill are now officially on the statute book. Brexit: Post-EU immigration and farming rules become law 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z With nearly all votes tallied, 65 percent voted in favor of euthanasia, a proposition that has made the statute books in only a handful of countries, including the Netherlands and Canada, and some U.S. states. World Digest: Oct. 30, 2020 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z “Unfortunately because the U.S. maintains the death penalty on its statute books, this decision affects you,” the Central Authority wrote in a message, the contents of which were read to The Washington Post. Britain briefly suspends sending evidence to U.S. law enforcement, in move some see as a sign of fraying relationship 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z These crimes, if proven, are amongst the most serious on our country’s statute books.” Family of Harry Dunn to bring private prosecution against Dominic Raab 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z It is expected to be on the statute books by the middle of the month and the European parliament will vote to ratify the deal on 29 January, according to a leaked draft agenda. EU parks post-Brexit demands to avoid clash with Boris Johnson 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Home Secretary Priti Patel said getting the bill onto the statute book was "a historic day in our new direction outside of the EU - controlling our own borders and delivering on the people's priorities". Brexit: Post-EU immigration and farming rules become law 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z As an offence, causing public mischief was among the lightest on the statute books, he said. Calls for tourism boycott add to pressure to reopen Cyprus trial 2020-01-01T05:00:00Z Today, the placid waterway is once again playing a supporting role in a grand vision, albeit one its architects want to etch in the statute books, not in stone. Mother Earth's MeToo moment: English town joins campaign for... 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Barring problems in the Lords it was heading on to the statute book. High drama, low politics: can Johnson survive the chaos? 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Campaigning novels aim for the statute books and occasionally hit their mark. Is the political novel dead? 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z While still on the statute books for some crimes, no executions have been carried out in Brunei since 1957. Brunei won't enforce gay sex death penalty 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z In true Marie Kondo fashion, a few states are starting to “tidy up” their criminal code by removing crimes from the statute books that no longer “spark joy.” Adultery and fornication: Why are states rushing to get these outdated laws off the books? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Ms Sturgeon says her government "will aim for this legislation to be on the statute book by the end of the year" - something which should be possible with the support of the pro-independence Greens. Will indyref2 happen before May 2021? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z As they chatted before the meeting, they were confident they had both the numbers to get the bill on the statute book and the time to do so before parliament was closed. High drama, low politics: can Johnson survive the chaos? 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z Abdiel Fajardo, national president of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, told The Washington Post that publication as a requirement for treaty validation “cannot be found in our statute books.” Philippines leaves International Criminal Court as Duterte probe is underway 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z But she insisted that all “vital” changes to the statute book will be ready in time for the UK’s withdrawal, whether it happens with or without a deal with the EU. Brexit: May says if her deal fails, 'we may never leave' EU – Politics live 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z The remaining 14 states might want to take a look at their own statute books and see if they shouldn’t do their own cleanup right quick. Adultery and fornication: Why are states rushing to get these outdated laws off the books? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Britain is putting EU law on to its statute books. UK finance sector ready for any type of Brexit: minister 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z Agreement on legislation exempting UK nationals from requiring the travel permit is mired in a dispute over whether the British overseas territory should be described as a “colony” in the EU’s statute book. Britons may need £52 visa to visit mainland Europe after Brexit 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z Howard proposes outsourcing to an independent commission the rewriting of the entire federal statute book and code of federal regulations. Review | To beat D.C. gridlock, hire outsiders to rewrite all the rules 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Hancock then added: “It remains on the statute book but it isn’t the focus of our attention.” Britain has martial law option under Brexit no-deal, but no plan to... 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z The government is to consult Parliament on what extra hours will be needed to get its legislation onto the statute book before the planned 29 March exit. MPs face longer hours for Brexit debate 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z The private member's bill, which would decriminalise abortion across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, is unlikely to have enough parliamentary time to make it onto the statute book. Abortion legislation tabled in Commons 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z But some of these EU laws will need to be modified before being transferred across to prevent any "black holes" from appearing in the statute book - changes which are being made by statutory instruments. EU rules into UK law: How's that going? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z The Plaid Cymru leader said that if his party was in government after the 2021 election in Wales, it would "put a Welsh Independence Referendum Act on the statute book at the earliest possible opportunity". Independence 'on the table' after Brexit 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z When coercive control was added to the statute books, it recognised something that victims of domestic violence had been explaining for decades: that the physical assaults were “not the worst of it”. 'I miss him so much': why did a devoted wife kill the man she loved? 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z Proposals to create a new criminal offence, which is already on the statute book in Scotland, will now be considered by the House of Lords. Review into treating misogyny as hate crime 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z Some other bills command broader support, and should complete their journey to the statute book this term. Back to the day job 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Where these mentions arise a change needs to be made to ensure that the UK statute book is fully operational. EU rules into UK law: How's that going? 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z He also argued that if the UK parliament could legislate for the statute book post-Brexit, the devolved parliaments could "perfectly properly" do the same, saying: "The rule of law must be the same for everyone." Court hears defence of Scots Brexit Bill 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr Tugendhat told BBC Reality Check that treason is the only offence currently on the statute books which recognises betrayal of the country as an offence. Does the Treason Act need updating? 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z Attempts to introduce a 30% quota failed to make it on to the statute books. The women who dream of power-sharing 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z Though Brexit is now on the statute book after a squeaker of a parliamentary vote, on Friday last week, May made major concessions in Britain’s much-delayed “divorce negotiations” with the E.U. Opinion | Theresa May might make Trump look stable for once 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z “Lying to the American people might be impeachable, but it might not be a crime on the statute books,” said Akhil Reed Amar, a professor of law and political science at Yale University. Brett Kavanaugh, Supreme Court Front-Runner, Once Argued Broad Grounds for Impeachment 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z Though declared unconstitutional in 2013, a law against mocking the president remains on the statute books and Mr Mnangagwa has supported keeping it. Satire is booming after Robert Mugabe’s fall 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Without government support, the private member's bill is likely to struggle to get on the statute book. MPs urged to back refugee reunion bill 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z The law against sexism in a public place was put on the Belgian statute books in 2014 following an outcry over a documentary that exposed the abuse faced by women on the streets of Brussels. Man becomes first person convicted under Belgian sexism law 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z But there are occasions where this is not possible and the challenge her colleagues face - summarised as producing "clear, coherent" laws that fit neatly within the existing statute book - rises a notch or two. Meet the woman who drafts the UK's laws 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z In its annual report, Amnesty pointed to the decision to exclude the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights from the bill, which translates EU legislation onto the UK statute book. May heads to Chequers for Brexit talks 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z The bill aims to transpose existing EU law on to the UK statute book so existing rules and regulations continue to apply as the UK leaves on 29 March 2019. Peers line up to debate EU bill 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z It aims to end the supremacy of EU law, which would be copied onto the UK statute book in order to ensure a smooth transition on Brexit day. MPs to vote on setting date for Brexit 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z "This amendment does not prevent us from preparing our statute book for exit day. We will now determine whether further changes are needed to the Bill to ensure it fulfils its vital purpose." May heads to Brussels after EU vote loss 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z Its effects include ending the supremacy of EU law and copying existing EU law onto the UK statute book, so that the same rules and regulations apply on Brexit day. Rebellion threat to key EU bill 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z It aims to stop EU law from applying in the UK and avoid confusion on Brexit day - 29 March 2019 - by putting all existing EU law onto the UK statute book. May hopes MPs can 'come together' on Brexit 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z The case was seen as the first major test of the Obscene Publications Act which had reached the statute book just a year earlier. The QC, Lady Chatterley and nude Romans 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The government's EU Withdrawal Bill - which would allow European Union laws to stay on the statute books after Brexit - is back in the House of Commons later for line-by-line scrutiny. News Daily: Brexit debate and May on Russian 'meddling' 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z The government says it wants to avoid a "black hole in our statute book" and avoid disruption to businesses and individual citizens as the UK leaves the EU. Brexit bill faces Commons scrutiny 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z EU law that currently applies in the UK will be "cut and pasted" on to the UK's statute book in an attempt to ensure a smooth transition on Brexit day. Labour: Many Tories share EU bill concerns 2017-11-13T05:00:00Z The Commons Procedure Committee said MPs faced an "unprecedented" challenge in dealing with the anticipated volume of secondary legislation as EU laws are converted on to the UK statute book. Call for intensive scrutiny of Brexit laws 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z It is hopeless to seek recourse from these woes in statute books and legal niceties. Catalonia isn’t just Spain’s nightmare – it is Europe’s | Simon Jenkins 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z But both the Welsh and Scottish governments still believe the legislation, which proposes to transfer EU laws on to the UK statute book, would result in powers being taken away from the devolved administrations. Brexit: May and Jones meet in London 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z And the Scottish government has now confirmed that it would make sure the bill made it onto the statute books. Smacking to be banned in Scotland 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z But all the rights included in the charter will be copied and pasted on to the UK's statute book. Brexit: What next for the government's EU repeal bill? 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Justice Secretary David Lidington said it would "enable us to have a coherent and functioning statute book" on the day the UK leaves the EU, in 2019. News Daily: Brexit bill and Irma leaves 6.5m without power 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Lawmakers will vote around midnight local time on a bill designed to transpose more than 10,000 EU laws on to the U.K. statute book. U.K.’s May Likely to Win Vote on Brexit Bill but Debate Over How to Exit EU Rages On 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z The main aim of this legislation is to incorporate, rather than repeal, 40 years of relevant EU law onto the UK statute book. Brexit: MPs to begin scrutiny of vital withdrawal bill - BBC News 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Plans already on the statute book mean you won't be able to draw your state pension until the age of 68. A longer life means a longer wait for your pension - BBC News 2017-07-19T04:00:00Z Therefore the government wants to avoid a "black hole in our statute book" by making "corrections" to EU laws: copy, paste, edit. Brexit: What next for the government's EU repeal bill? 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z It will also copy existing EU legislation to the UK statute book, and Parliament will decide which bits to retain. Queen's Speech 2017: May promises 'humility' - BBC News 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z Our statute books have been littered with laws that have racist, discriminatory, and segregationist aims that are disguised in other language—a literacy test for voting, a zoning law, a ban on “indecency.” The Fourth Circuit Examines Trump’s Travel-Ban Motives 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z They have run Capitol Hill through a combination of outraged talking points, politically charged investigations and faux legislation meant to score points rather than go in the statute books. The Republicans in Power: From ‘We Got This’ to ‘What Now?’ 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z This legislation will transfer existing EU laws applying to the UK onto the statute book before Parliament decides later which to keep and which to jettison. Brexit: Full control of borders among six UKIP tests - BBC News 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z The law was first introduced in the 19th century, before being made stricter in 1935 during the Nazi era nd subsequently kept on the statute books by West Germany, whose authorities avidly implemented it. Germany approves bill to pardon gay men convicted before 1969 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z This, the government says, will avoid a "black hole in our statute book" and avoid disruption to businesses as the UK leaves the EU. Great Repeal Bill: What we know so far - BBC News 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z This will remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book and enshrine all existing EU law into British law, before the government decides which to keep and which to jettison. What future for E numbers after Brexit? - BBC News 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z The Great Repeal Bill would be a key factor in the Brexit process, by removing European laws from the UK statute book. Mundell: Holyrood to be consulted on Great Repeal Bill - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z In recent years, a number of Malaysians who have criticized the government have been arrested under the country’s array of anti-sedition laws — remnants from colonial statute books that Najib’s government has expanded. The Accidental Whistleblower: Clare Rewcastle Brown and 1MDB 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Unused since 1991, the small detached structure containing the gallows is currently used to store riot gear and charcoal, but the death penalty is still on the country's statute books. Antigua's prisoners face rough conditions in colonial-era jail - BBC News 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z European countries will still demand compliance with their environmental, safety and other standards, so Britain may decide to keep many of these on the statute books. British companies may find it harder than they expect to unravel the EU’s red tape 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z Who, for example, should scrutinise all the legislation returning from Brussels to British statute books? The machine splutters 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z When proposing new laws, ministers can fill the statute books from the relative safety of their positions in government. Talking out: How MPs block Private Members' Bills - BBC News 2016-11-07T05:00:00Z A showdown will be the debate on the Great Repeal Bill, the legislation revoking the automatic transmission of European laws onto British statute books. How to be a good bastard 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z However, even if she does not sign it remains on the statute book and if there is some future press scandal then it will be there as a possible option. Divisions persist about who should regulate UK press - BBC News 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z The parliamentary system for allowing backbenchers to get their own laws onto the statute books is "broken and discredited", according to a report published on Tuesday. Commons procedure committee on private members' bills - BBC News 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z She will also announce plans for a great repeal bill that will remove the 1972 European Communities Act from the statute book on the day the UK leaves. Bitter fight over Brexit set to overshadow Conservative conference 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z It will remove the European Communities Act from the statute book and end the supremacy of EU law. Brexit: May to introduce EU repeal act in Queen's Speech - BBC News 2016-10-01T04:00:00Z Redmond, flushed by his success in having the third Home Rule Act placed on the statute book - it was suspended for the duration of the war - urged Irish nationalists "to go wherever the firing-line extended". Battle of the Somme: The Irish nationalists who fought for king and crown - BBC News 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Although repealed, it’s been put back on the statute books by another authority. Ian McKellen tackles the many layers of the complicated title role in 'The Dresser' 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z The government needs Labour to support - or at least not vote down - the bill to ensure it reaches the statute book by the end of the year. May promises review into counter-terror bulk data powers - BBC News 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z At the same time, Renzi faced pressure to get a bill on to the statute book from the European court of human rights. Italian MPs support introduction of same-sex civil unions 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z Martial law allowed him, literally, to write his own law: his decrees passed straight on to the statute book. The $10bn question: what happened to the Marcos millions? 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Ministers want the measures on the statute book by the end of the year - a timetable which is unlikely to satisfy critics who say the plans are being rushed through. Revised surveillance law plans to be set out - BBC News 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z Legislation on the statute books in the UK requires an 80% cut in CO2 emissions below the 1990 level by the middle of this century. 'Limited role' for natural gas in UK future energy mix - BBC News 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z Now this sort of language is on the statute books. 'From hero to villain': Denmark comes to terms with outcry over refugee law 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The North Down MLA guided the legislation through the assembly as a private members' bill, the means by which MLAs who are not ministers can get a law onto the statute books. 'Vital' new law helps children in care 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z That means that those trying to slim the statute book are “playing catch-up all the time,” said Ms. Lorimer, the law commission’s chief. Britain Prunes Silly Laws on Salmon Handling and Armor Wearing 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z And I believe that the necessary powers need to be on the statute book as quickly as that. Paris attacks: police hunt 'dangerous' suspect and brother of Isis attacker – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z The crime exists on the statute books of 46 states, 11 of which allow people to be prosecuted even though they were the victims, not the perpetrators, of a shooting. Indiana court throws out murder convictions for three of the Elkhart Four 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z We have legislation on the statute books to thank her for, he says. Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership race in stunning victory – as it happened 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z Memon and two other brothers were convicted in 2006 by a specially designated court using controversial anti-terror legislation that was introduced after the attacks that is no longer on the statute books. Yakub Memon: India carries out only execution over 1993 bomb attacks 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z I find it already useful when representing taxpayers to wave the taxpayer bill of rights before IRS agents and managers – having this on the statute books will help even more. Taxpayer Bill of Rights Enhancement -- Oh Happy Day 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z A source at the department say that ministers were not minded to try to rush the bill onto the statute book. Paris attacks: police hunt 'dangerous' suspect and brother of Isis attacker – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z And there is likely to be trouble ahead, too, in passing the forthcoming Scotland Bill which the government wants on the statute books before the Holyrood elections in a year's time. Queen's Speech: A programme to transform Britain? - BBC News 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z We have legislation on the statute books to thank her for, he says. Jeremy Corbyn wins Labour leadership race in stunning victory – as it happened 2015-09-12T04:00:00Z The despised section 28 was ditched, and civil partnerships then equal marriage made it on to the statute books. The quiet revolution: why Britain has more gay MPs than anywhere else 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Mr Clegg said: "New powers will need to be put on the statute book in the next Parliament, and I will advocate them as much as any chisel-faced securocrat." Clegg: 'Snoopers' charter 'un-British' 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z And I believe that the necessary powers need to be on the statute book as quickly as that. Paris attacks: police hunt 'dangerous' suspect and brother of Isis attacker – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z She added: "Given the delay of a few weeks it is more uncertain... but we will do our very best and try to get this legislation on the statute book." Corporation tax bill due 'shortly' 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z Some of the oldest surviving legislation on Britain's statute books is set to be repealed after 747 years. Oldest surviving law faces repeal 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z In terms of how the United States treats immigrants, as opposed to what is on the statute books, he’s the one defending the traditional way of doing things. On Immigration, Obama Isn’t the Radical One 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z There are worries that while laws exist on the statute books, they are not always enforced. Worries over 'cruel' elephant trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z A source at the department say that ministers were not minded to try to rush the bill onto the statute book. Paris attacks: police hunt 'dangerous' suspect and brother of Isis attacker – as it happened 2015-11-15T05:00:00Z Until this week's decision to remove the law from the statute book, it was a criminal offence in the UK not to report grey squirrels spotted on your land. 10 things we didn't know last week 2014-03-21T17:24:48Z Some 56 Acts of Parliament and sections of 49 others, relating to topics from merchant shipping to guard dogs, are under consideration to be removed from the statute books. Oldest surviving law faces repeal 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z Nevertheless Cameron's Conservative party said they would try other ways to get the promise - seen as a way to help the prime minister pacify rebellious eurosceptic factions within his party - onto the statute book. British lawmakers thwart Cameron's bid for EU referendum law 2014-01-31T18:18:08Z We cooked this very theme when apartheid was with us on the statute books in South Africa. Letter from Africa: Rock'n'roll politics 2014-01-30T03:07:50Z By then, a new Health Department law creating a secure hospital inside Oslo's maximum-security Ila Prison will already be on the statute books. Norway's Dilemma: How to Punish Breivik and Stay Liberal 2012-07-17T12:35:00Z The changes will be contained in the Consumer Rights Directive, which will be on the statute books from Friday, but which will become law in June 2014. Expensive calls to helplines to end 2013-12-13T00:02:54Z Ms Hutt also said it would be a Welsh government priority to get the income tax referendum "on the statute book". Wales' income tax powers set out 2013-11-18T13:49:01Z Gun control proponents greeted Brown’s measured action–which, after all, added more restrictions to the California statute book–by he would have “blood on his hands.” California's Burst of Common Sense on Gun Control 2013-10-14T10:50:12Z Only three months later was it explicitly included on the statute books. Global Drugs War Pivots to China With Rise of 'Legal Highs' 2013-09-02T10:35:27Z The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act will now be added to the statute book. Irish abortion bill becomes law 2013-07-30T20:09:36Z The law is one of the harshest in the Chilean statute book. UN attacks Chile's action on Mapuche 2013-07-31T00:04:12Z There is much to applaud in the committee's probe into the private rented market, but of course these are recommendations only, and with the landlords' party in control few will probably reach the statute books. Rent control – the missing words that could help fix the UK's housing crisis 2013-07-20T06:00:30Z Although the paper sets up a wide-ranging discussion and consultation with business bodies, it is unlikely that any of the proposals will find a place on the statute book before the 2015 general election. Vince Cable plans to force negligent bosses to compensate creditors 2013-07-14T14:33:00Z Witchcraft itself was not a crime on the statute book at this time. The White Queen: was she a witch? 2013-07-11T16:07:05Z Osborne intends to put the spending cap on the statute book, limiting the next government's ability to increase spending in some areas without making parliamentary time to repeal it. IFS analysis of spending review highlights tax shortfall 2013-06-27T20:12:31Z It appears that detailed Treasury approval for the proposals will only be secured after the framework bill reaches the statute book. Privatising probation service will put public at risk, officials tell Grayling 2013-06-24T20:00:02Z Former Home Secretary Alan Johnson told the same programme that a Communications Data Bill should be "on the statute book before the next election". Thousands risk radicalisation - May 2013-05-26T09:20:44Z Liberal Democrats can't hope for a credible green legacy without putting their key green policy on the statute books. Lib Dem president backs decarbonisation target 2013-03-24T20:10:17Z She warned the delay in getting that onto the statute book would inevitably mean "more victims of violent crimes committed by foreigners in this country". Theresa May attacks judges over deportation rules 2013-02-17T08:50:51Z The bill is only at the parliamentary committee stage, and is unlikely to be make it onto the statute books. Iceland's Great Wall Of Pornography Will Be As Effective as King Canute 2013-02-16T00:14:57Z Though it has been ignored for decades, formally it remained on the statute books. Paris women permitted trousers 2013-02-04T21:49:25Z As a private members' bill, it stands no chance of making it on the statute book, but is a useful device to draw attention to an issue. Sainsbury's gets fingers burnt by half-price deal exposé 2013-01-19T07:01:27Z But in March this year it received royal ascent, placing it firmly in the statute books as a ground-breaking piece of legislation that could transform the way public services are commissioned. Looking back, looking forward: punching above our weight 2012-12-19T08:00:03Z Irrespective of personal feelings of the content, this would be placing censorship on the statute books. UK Government Turns Back From Blocking Online Content 2012-12-17T11:11:06Z She added that she hoped to open cross-party talks with Labour to get her draft bill on the statute book without the support of her Liberal Democrat coalition partners. Snooper's bill is unworkable, Nick Clegg tells Theresa May 2012-12-11T00:02:02Z The bill is expected to run into serious trouble in the Lords and she will need a coalition majority to overturn them in the Commons if she is to steer it onto the statute book. Nick Clegg distances Lib Dems from 'snoopers charter' 2012-11-29T17:37:04Z The coalition government says it will implement the majority of the Vickers report, which will be the subject of legislation due to reach the statute book by 2015. Ed Miliband tells British banks: change now or be broken up 2012-09-29T19:02:00Z Under pressure from Brussels, France agreed to fully incorporate European migration regulations into its statute book - including, notably, a clause guaranteeing immigrants' right to appeal the reason for their repatriation. EU says monitoring France over wave of Roma expulsions 2012-08-10T20:07:51Z In 1965 capital punishment was abolished in Britain but Jamaica, which became independent three years earlier, retains it on its statute books. Jamaica's appeal court dilemma 2012-08-03T00:13:56Z There will be tinkering with the statute books to ensure he never walks free, but cops are still noticeably absent from city streets, politicians remain accessible, and children play happily on sidewalks. Trying to Forget Breivik: One Year After the Norway Massacre 2012-07-22T00:05:27Z Ministers aim to complete its passage on to the statute book by May next year. Plans for Lords face Tory revolt 2012-06-27T01:53:22Z The chancellor will tell City grandees at Mansion House that legislation must be on the statute book by the end of the current parliament in spring 2015 and implemented by 2019 at the latest. hh 2012-06-13T21:00:01Z By then, a new Health Department law creating a secure hospital inside Oslo's maximum-security Illa Prison will already be on the statute books. Norway's Dilemma: How to Punish Breivik -- and Remain Liberal 2012-05-29T08:15:00Z The new American code is comprehensive, detailed and specific in its legal provisions for protection and procedure, and in respect to punishment far beyond any copyright legislation on the statute books of any other nation. Copyright: Its History and Its Law 2012-04-23T02:00:25.937Z There are laws and laws shut up in your statute books. The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury 2012-04-20T02:00:07.610Z The latter offence is dealt with by an act which still stands on the statute book, although it has long been 363 virtually obsolete—the 9 & 10 Will. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z The statute books are loaded with legislation which will impose burdens on future generations. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham criticised the prime minister for discussions about the implementation of plans not yet on the statute book. PM to host NHS overhaul meeting 2012-02-20T02:41:19Z Let the histories of both kingdoms, and the statute books of both parliaments be examined, and no precedent will be found for the Act of 1699, or for the system which it introduced. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z I think Mr Cameron is making a grave mistake by saying he is going to force it on to the statute book. PM 'faces fight of life' on NHS 2012-02-12T11:03:37Z He has called the attention of the civilized world to certain barbarian laws that disfigure and disgrace the statute books of most of the States. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 7 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:58.623Z There are numerous other acts of a similar character on our statute books. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z The Geary Law, however, failed to provide the ways and means for carrying it into effect, so that the probability is it will remain a dead letter upon the statute book. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z Upon the Constitution this party wrote equal rights for all; upon every statute book, humanity; upon the flag, liberty. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z Now the race is on to get it onto the statute books in time for the Queen's speech - expected in May. Politics Weekly podcast: the future of the NHS 2012-02-09T14:32:00Z Some of the older enactments remained on the statute book, though not enforced, until the passing of the statute law Revision Act of 1863, by which many obsolete parliamentary enactments were swept away. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z They were told that, although the laws were oppressive, yet so long as they remained on the statute books of the territory, they were the laws of that country, and must be enforced. The Crisis of Eighteen Hundred and Sixty-One In The Government of The United States. Its Cause, and How it Should be Met 2012-01-12T03:00:13.627Z He pledged himself to maintain the Compromise measures, because he believed their continuance on the statute book will promote prosperity and happiness, while an interference with them will inevitably produce agitation, mischief, and misery. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Still the May Laws remained upon the statute books, and against them the Centre party, under the leadership of Windthorst, continued to protest even though advised to show some leniency by Mgr. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z The people became civilized—but that law was on the statute book. Trial of C. B. Reynolds For Blasphemy Defence by Robert G. Ingersoll, at Morristown, N. J., May 1887 2011-11-24T03:00:42.437Z When the well-being of the community becomes the basis of its legislation, the idea of sin vanishes from the statute book, and the stern realities of life have to be envisaged with firmness and decision. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z The laws remained on the statute books only to be constantly disregarded. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z Look at our statute book, and if we are to judge from that, of the utter detestation with which our people look upon immorality of every kind, we deserve to be considered paragons of propriety. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The statute books of every Protestant country bear testimony to the same illiberality. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Despite these cases the death penalty, on the statute books since the days of Hammurabi, is disappearing in much of the world. Capital punishment: Dying out 2011-09-22T06:17:42Z If the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, published last month, goes on to the statute book in its current form it will remove entire areas of laws from the legal aid scheme. How to represent yourself in court 2011-08-06T21:59:02Z This law now stands on the 26th page, section 10, of the Illinois statute book, under the general head of “charities”! Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z Therefore, to this good hour, the substance of the hemp part of the Philippine Tariff Act of March 8, 1902, remains upon the statute books of the United States, to the shame of the nation. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z The controversy referred to finally resulted in the passage of the railway laws that are now on the statute books of the state. The Bishop and the Boogerman 2011-06-12T02:00:07.497Z And there, in all its infamy, said section eleven stands on the statute books today. Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon 2011-05-20T02:00:38.647Z However, it is not being taken off the statute book and will be reinstated if airlines do not do so. Irish taxes cut to lure tourists 2011-05-10T17:07:09Z Let the magnanimity of your holy, God-like natures, be reflected from your statute books, in the women protective laws which emanate from them. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z But the problem of State forestry requires a great deal more than laws on the statute books, or the appointment of a State forester. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z In 1867 he would have been a hardy prophet who would have foretold the speedy downfall of the Irish Episcopal Establishment; and the Act of Disestablishment was placed upon the statute book in 1869. Practical Politics; or, the Liberalism of To-day 2011-04-19T02:00:17.257Z Our endeavour in this chapter has been to state the organic law of Portugal as it at present exists, untouched by legislation on the statute books of that ancient land. Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World 2011-04-04T02:00:08.180Z Others that are on the statute books haven’t been implemented, including a 2006 law that says only female staff can be employed in women’s clothing stores. Saudi Women Inspired by Fall of Mubarak Step Up Equality Demand 2011-03-29T18:25:13Z Social workers and club women know their present strength and how many good laws they have helped to put on the statute books. Anti-Suffrage Essays 2011-03-28T02:00:24.710Z Accordingly, all the penal laws in question were, then and there, torn from the statute book. Two Addresses One to the Gentlemen of Whitby and the other, to the Protestant Clergy 2011-03-25T02:00:12.637Z The other law which he added to the statute book was the Bill for collecting judicial and registration fees by stamps. The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Volumes 1 to 4 2011-03-23T02:00:23.527Z The record of this revolution is written in the statute books. Socialism and Democracy in Europe 2011-03-15T02:00:12.887Z She came into the Union with a law on her statute book asserting this boundary. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z I am speaking of sin as an offense against the nature of things, and of evil in the soul, which has very little to do with the sins of the statute book. Arthur Machen A Novelist of Ecstasy and Sin 2011-03-09T03:00:47.587Z These enactments are to-day upon the statute books of South Carolina. The Negro in the South His Economic Progress in Relation to his Moral and Religious Development 2011-02-27T03:00:29.010Z At the close of the revolution, slavery existed in most of the colonies, if not all, and their statute books contained laws relating to that condition, and to the condition of "free persons of color." Papers of the American Negro Academy. (The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers, No. 18-19.) 2011-02-23T03:00:31.787Z None the less, it was in that age no small body of enacted law, and, owing to its importance and solemnity, it was in after ages regarded as the first article of a statute book. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z After years of conflict it succeeded indeed in placing on the statute book a measure dealing with Irish municipalities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z The old laws regulating state banks of issue were swept away by code revisions, or remained obsolete and unchanged on the statute books. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z “The meaning of the term ‘residency’ has puzzled attorneys and judges since the term first appeared in the statute books,” they said. Court Ruling Ends ‘Circus’ in Chicago as Emanuel Stays on Ballot 2011-01-28T06:03:03Z If, on the other hand, you have committed a real wrong to another, there may be many laws on the statute book, many precedents, and technicalities, and whimsicalities, through which you may hope to escape. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z "The death penalty hasn't been abolished, I need a simple majority in the house to put it back on the statute books and I'm seriously looking at that," he said. Body of Michaela returned to NI 2011-01-14T13:10:28Z He will promise that a bill this spring, likely to reach the statute book in 2013 following hard-fought lobbying, will turn "English libel laws from an international laughing stock to an international blueprint". 'Laughing stock' libel laws to be reformed, says Nick Clegg 2011-01-06T20:18:32Z Any law upon the statute books may be changed from time to time, in response to the changing sentiment of the people. The Short Constitution 2011-01-05T03:01:00.017Z For the good of a fairer finance sector, let's hope they both make it on to the statute book. George must slay the banking dragon 2010-06-17T12:39:00Z But no matter how innocent you may be of any real crime, you need have no hope of an acquittal, if the statute book, or the past decisions of the supreme court, are against you. A Letter to Grover Cleveland On His False Inaugural Address, The Usurpations and Crimes of Lawmakers and Judges, and the Consequent Poverty, Ignorance, and Servitude Of The People 2011-01-22T03:00:14.093Z Having a Major Sports Events Bill on the statute books will be a "really powerful calling card" for Britain in the bidding wars to host high-profile and, often profitable, sporting events, Robertson predicted. Sport to get ?50m extra lottery funding 2010-06-10T15:28:00Z He will also pledged to ask the public "which laws you think should go" as they "tear through the statute book". Clegg pledge to shake up politics 2010-05-19T02:05:00Z Such moves may do as much to shake up the ratings business as anything headed for the statute books. Credit-rating agencies: The other vampires 2010-05-13T10:51:00Z It has added 4,300 offences to the statute book, compared with only 494 under the previous Conservative administration. A Short and Winding Road for the Euro 2010-05-03T21:14:00Z Gerry Sutcliffe, the sports minister, announced in January his intention to introduce the policy to the statute book before the election. Labour to make Grand National pledge over horserace betting levy 2010-04-09T18:24:00Z Having already extended the deadline by a fortnight, the government now appears likely to struggle to consider its response and get any changes on to the statute book before the general election. West Ham make play for Olympic Stadium ? with athletics included | Owen Gibson 2010-03-24T00:10:00Z This goes before parliament for approval and if voted through goes onto the statute books to become law. A game of m-cat and mouse 2010-03-18T13:22:00Z But Unicef's, Alessandra Dentice says the new law, which took eight years to get on the statute books and carries a maximum penalty of three years jail, is helping . Child 'witch' 2010-02-26T08:35:00Z In 2001, after more than 100 years on the statute book, the estate tax was repealed. 2010-02-03T18:38:00Z In spring 1964 Johnson made it his mission to force the new Civil Rights Act, seen as specifically a key plank in Kennedy's legislative legacy, on to the statute book. 2010-01-29T15:55:00Z The sumptuary law for burying the dead in woollen, still occupies its place in their statute book. Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. The imperial statute book spoke it out:265 Rome is our common country. The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII The law now on our statute books seems to contemplate a lock canal. The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise It is a fact known to but few at this late day that the Roman Catholics of Maryland were the first who placed religious toleration on a statute book in America. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution The order is still on the statute books, a memento of the American intervention. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 The anti-narcotic laws on our statute books are powerless to protect us. The Opium Monopoly Revising previous statutes, they enacted the Poor Law, which still remains on the statute book. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Does a nation burn its statute books because the people have become patriotic? Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments They forget that the reality of slavery may exist, and its evils remain, although its name has been expunged from the statute book. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 There were laws on the statute book which forbade the interference of the Pope under any circumstances in the internal affairs of the English realm. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII The laws on our statute books concerning the prescription of narcotic drugs are powerless to deal with the situation. The Opium Monopoly The statute books of Subterranea decreed only one penalty—death—for even the merest tampering with the Frozen Gate. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 It would be absurd for such a law as this to be placed upon any human statute book. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments A blow is heard to fall on the statute book which lies on the counselor's table. Landolin His curiosity had not extended so far as the study of the English statute book, and on such points he must refer the Council to the Nuncio. The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII It would be as easy to exclude the light of the sun by a leaf of the statute book. Thoughts on the Religious Instruction of the Negroes of this Country As a result, some of the best and most necessary laws are dead letters on our statute books. The Children of the Poor The pamphlet contains the laws precisely as they stand in the statute book of Maryland, as Mr. B. would have seen had he ever taken the trouble to compare them. Discussion on American Slavery Never a very zealous law reformer, Cranworth’s name is associated in the statute book with only one small measure on conveyancing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" All but two or three of the forty-five are to be found in the works of earlier writers, or, slightly modified, in the statute books of the various New England colonies. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 In these various ways, the class of persons, recognized by the statute books of the states as "servants," was very numerous; and formed a prominent subject of legislation. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery This was the culmination of a long series of the most infamous legislations which ever disgraced a statute book. Ku Klux Klan Its Origin, Growth and Disbandment Laws that have been on our statute books allowing fathers to will away their unborn children; laws allowing the father to appoint guardians of whatever kind or creed over his children, leaving the mother powerless. The Daughter of a Republican These enactments are today upon the statute books of South Carolina. The Disfranchisement of the Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 6 Many of them are not in the New Haven statute books. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 None others are "laws," correctly speaking, however they may attempt to "hold persons to service or labor," or however they may have the forms of laws on the statute books. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery Afterwards the force of these conventions was directed against discriminations against colored people which still existed on the statute books. The Early Negro Convention Movement The American Negro Academy, Occasional Papers No. 9 The laws relating to contracts of employment are to be found on the statute books of six States—Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Peonage The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 15 One-half of the people of this nation today are utterly powerless to blot from the statute books an unjust law, or to write there a new and a just one. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years This is strictly consonant to our laws and constitution; as may be gathered from the expression so frequently used in our statute book, of "the king's majesty, his heirs, and successors." Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First But I think there is no instance, in which the slave acts, then on their statute books, could be perpetuated by this provision—and for two reasons; 1st. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery Nature has no statute books and no legislators, though we habitually think of her processes under these symbols. Under the Maples The Legislature had not stepped in to defile the statute book by bye-laws made in favour of the amusements of the rich. Marion Fay “Guess when the boys here have done with the p’lice they’ll have the prohibition law wiped out of the statute book, Stormy,” he said, with a knowing wink. The Law-Breakers The oldest of these now extant, and printed in our statute books, is the famous magna carta, as confirmed in parliament 9 Hen. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First The statute books of the states abounded with statutes in regard to "servants." The Unconstitutionality of Slavery Soon afterwards she compiled a leaflet showing the unjust laws for women which disgraced the statute books. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV Well, they reënacted them—put them right back on the statute book. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance During the middle ages, and even up to the beginning of the present century, nearly all the laws on the statute books looked towards the protection of the rights of the feudal lord. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses There were many other grain laws put on the statute books but the majority of them either fixed the maximum price for which the grain could be sold or else prohibited its exportation. Agriculture in Virginia, 1607-1699 Though this doctrine may make sad havoc with constitutions and statute books, it is nevertheless law. The Unconstitutionality of Slavery She defended herself against the accusation of abusing the men, saying, "We have not been fighting the 'male' citizen anywhere but in the statute books." The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV There is no trace of him in the statute book, but he has, it is safe to say, exercised a profound influence in all succeeding legislation, both in England and America. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 Nearly every one of its features may be found either in the Interstate Commerce Act or upon the statute books of other States. The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses The law had been on our statute books for nearly three years. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III The severest laws to be found on our statute book, were enacted by such, and such are still found to be the severest masters. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject Every law put upon the statute books affects their interests directly and indirectly—undreamed of in a social order where household drudgery and motherhood limited a woman's horizon. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV It left upon the statute book of the nation, legislation still operating over United States territory, directly opposed to the principle of non-intervention, which the nation had almost unanimously approved. The Relations of the Federal Government to Slavery Delivered at Fort Wayne, Ind., October 30th 1860 New laws are written on our statute books. Women As Sex Vendors or, Why Women Are Conservative (Being a View of the Economic Status of Woman) This law is still on our statute books; but, like the fourteenth amendment, is interpreted to mean only male citizens. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III To escape from the difficulty, and prevent all future agitation upon the subject, politicians united in erasing this cause of disturbance from the statute book. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject We found on the statute books a law which permitted a husband to collect his wife's wages. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV One half of the people of this Nation to-day are utterly powerless to blot from the statute books an unjust law, or to write there a new and a just one. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II If you, too, are thus deluded, what avails it that we show by your statute books that your laws are unjust—that woman is the victim of avarice and power? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I I thought an appeal to the reason and conscience of men against the unjust and unequal laws for women that disgraced our statute books, must settle the question. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III Because of the objection of landowners this attempt has not reached the statute books, but the movement is today an extremely live political question in England. The Economic Aspect of Geology Ieyasu himself had been the first to violate the veto, and he was the first to place it subsequently on the statute book. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era The legislative and constitutional provisions that prohibit their voting still remain unrepealed upon the statute books of many of the States, but yet they do vote. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Would to God you could know the burning indignation that fills woman's soul when she turns over the pages of your statute books, and sees there how like feudal barons you freemen hold your women. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Consequently they have become as dead letters upon the statute books. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III There was a law on the statute book to compel the return of slaves fleeing into the free States, but certain of its provisions had been pronounced unconstitutional, and it was ineffective. Stephen Arnold Douglas I never knew before there were such laws on the statute books. Sundry Accounts The law is virtually the one that, to-day, on our statute book testifies to the honest sense of justice that their conflict with tyranny nurtured in our men in the early days of Kansas. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II The impression left on law students, fresh from your statute books, is most unfavorable to woman's influence; hence you see but few lawyers chivalrous and high-toned in their sentiments toward woman. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I On the other hand, there are numerous laws on the statute books, still unrepealed and unenforceable because the acts treated of are no longer held to be offences against morality. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 1, March 1906 This law, or rather the bull Ad Extirpanda, which contains it, was to be inscribed in perpetuity in all the local statute books. The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church The statute books were loaded with laws that shackled chains of monopoly on generations yet unborn. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan Very true, but mark this, unless the women of Kansas obtain the ballot, that law will soon be blotted from the statute book. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II I also drew up a paper copying the unequal laws on our statute books with regard to women. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The traders are organized, capitalized, ready to pay for their privileges to trample on our statute books, our flag, our Bibles, our homes. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade Hanging in chains is still on the statute book, I believe. The Light of Scarthey At the opening of the nineteenth century England still kept on the statute book the laws debarring Roman Catholics and dissenters from sitting in Parliament or holding any public office. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The moment these amendments were ratified, that law became dead on the statute book. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Our statute books and all past experience teach us this fact. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The material is chiefly drawn from Southern sources, the statute books of Southern states, the columns of Southern newspapers, and the statements and opinions of Southern public men. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies He rigged up the statute books atop of his stool for a high sate, and when he wanted them he couldn't find them high or low. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 There is no law on our statute books that is adequate to punish a man who will thus trample upon the usages of society. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 But the law still stood upon the statute book of Indiana, and homes were not destroyed. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Does any one believe that if woman had possessed an equal voice in making our laws, we should have standing on our statute books, for generations, laws so palpably unequal and unjust toward her? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Is it safe for her to be under the charge of inconsistency from the world because her statute books and the practice of her members are at open variance? Amusement: A Force in Christian Training We have repealed laws that were in force when our Republic was young, and dropped them from the statute books. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Nothing can be learned in the provincial statute books concerning these laws. The Snowshoe Trail That in the statute books, and above all, in the heart of God, a record of this was made, and that henceforth woman's citizenship and full enfranchisement must be declared. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II What think you of a law like that, on the statute book of a civilized and a Christian land? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Is there not on the statute books of Maryland a law which prohibits a "black Republican" from holding certain offices in that State? A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 I discovered this in the statute books, but not in the memory of any one living had it been found necessary to inflict such a punishment. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Brétignières rose suddenly from his seat, crying that in Normandy alone was this inhuman decree allowed, that Rome herself had never dared to stain the statute book with such a penalty. The Story of Rouen But when was the consent of woman ever asked to one single act on all the statute books? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Did you know that there's a law on the American statute books that forbids the landing of a spaceship within one hundred miles of a city? A Spaceship Named McGuire It is admitted that the Legislature of that ancient State did place upon her statute book an act passed with all the forms of law, containing a provision so insulting to millions of American citizens. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 The statute books of the worst despotisms are adorned with the wisest and most liberal ordinances. Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings The statute book of the Upper Province abounds with useful and well-constructed measures of reform, and presents an honourable contrast to that of the Lower Province.” Diary in America, Series Two It is decreed upon all the statute books of slavery, that the child shall follow the condition of the mother. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II To repress colonial disorders, the local government had, indeed, grafted the penalties he prescribed on the colonial statute book; but the despotic interference of a secretary of state was specially objectionable. The History of Tasmania , Volume II But "Man is more than constitutions," and there are other laws than those formulated in senates and recorded in statute books. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles That was the first law our enfranchised women wrote upon our statute books. An American Suffragette No legislation of this Congress will be found upon the statute books, revolutionary in character or which will oppress any section or individual in the land. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 I presume none of us are aware how many laws there are upon the statute books disabling our rights. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II This disagreement by the House compelled a second committee of conference, in which the contested banking section was stricken out, and the bill agreed to as it now stands on the statute books. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The Second Book of Discipline, as well as the First, failed to commend itself to the ruling powers, and to obtain a place in its full form on the statute book. The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics Should not such a law be repealed, wiped off the statute books? Woman Her Sex and Love Life I originated some laws, still on the statute books of Ohio, one or two of which have been copied in other States. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865 Every state in the Union has compulsory attendance laws upon its statute books. On the Firing Line in Education As it stood upon the statute book it was a law without force. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. This law covered more than fifty printed pages of the statute book. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England Let the ancient laws forbidding usury be placed upon our statute books and enforced, and it would not be half a generation till the conscience and reason both approved. Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View Mills and factories employ them for special kinds of labor, and States are lax in the enforcement of child-labor laws after they are on the statute books. Society Its Origin and Development The moral crusade spent itself in forcing compulsory laws upon the statute books of every state and territory. Civics and Health Then it was the Republican party devised and placed upon the statute book the resumption act, and, against noisy opposition and continual speaking, steadily persevered in its execution. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The old regulation had never been so complete in reality as it was on the statute book, and much of it had died out of itself. An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England "The law I have violated for which you will punish me is not in any statute book." The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt To-day it is on the statute books of all the States of the Union but eight, and is generally known as the Audubon Law. The Bird Study Book It left its mark, however, on the statute book by passing the Habeas Corpus Act. London and the Kingdom - Volume II Not one great beneficent law has been placed on our statute books without his intelligent and powerful aid. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. After such a law is once on the statute books, however, it usually remains, and in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada it has created a new public attitude toward industrial disputes. Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement The law I have violated for which you will punish me is not in any statute book. The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt Legislation for that purpose had been placed upon the statute books and they were being enforced whenever and wherever necessary, as in the case of the lawless and criminal organization called the Ku Klux Klan. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 The Judge, looking grave, and casting his eye learnedly over the pages of a ponderous statute book, inquires of Mr. Seargent Stubbs what the charge is. An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith Let Congress place upon the statute book such a law, and the tariff question will cease to be the foot ball of partisan legislation. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. In spite of some inconsistent left-over laws that can make a showing of belated tyranny when culled from old statute books, the financial right of the wife in the household is generally recognized. The Family and it's Members Let us remember that the sovereign State of Kentucky has laws upon her statute books meting out just punishment for all crimes. The Kentucky Ranger There are now on the statute books ten laws passed at this extra session and which bear the approval of Pinchback; they will be found bound with the Acts of 1873, pages 37 to 50. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 These parliamentary laws should be voted or bulleted out of the statute books, and the people again inherit their inalienable rights. Shakspere, Personal Recollections Most of them have slumbered upon the statute book for years. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. In the North undersized and mentally undeveloped youth still testify to industrial exploitation even where laws against child-labor are on the statute books. The Family and it's Members My legislature was to revoke his charter; my attorney-general was to enforce upon him the laws I had put on the statute books against just such emergencies. The Plum Tree And this very hour, by our statute books, by our so-called enlightened Christian civilization, she has no voice in saying what shall be the basis of the relation. Susan B. Anthony Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian He also received the reversion of Wolfe's patent for printing Latin, Greek, and Hebrew books, as well as all statute books, acts, proclamations, and other official documents, with a salary of £6, 13s. 4d. A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 It is a remarkable fact that neither of the border free states— New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, nor Iowa—have any such upon their statute books. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The customs, tribal or national, that once ruled the family-training are now solidified and definitely outlined in laws written on statute books. The Family and it's Members Even in the realm of legislation, the statute book has seldom been so barren. Henry VIII. When it was placed on the statute book, the Union members of the House of Representatives organized a serenade to President Fillmore and his Secretary of State, Daniel Webster. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis "Divorce is relief from misfortune, not a crime," to quote from the admirable statute book of Norway, a saying which should be one of universal application in divorce. Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards But there stood upon the statute books of South Carolina an unconstitutional law which had greatly embarrassed the national government, and which that rebellious little State with characteristic contumaciousness would not repeal. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series Not one great beneficent statute has been placed in our statute books without his intelligent and powerful aid. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail But there's a hundred more laws on our statute books to-day that date clear back to that time, and lots of them are just as unreasonable. Rimrock Jones The bill passed both houses of Congress, was approved by the President, and now stands upon our statute book among the laws enacted at the 3d Session of the 25th Congress. Autographs for Freedom, Volume 2 (of 2) (1854) In 1886 for the first time coercion was imposed on Ireland in the shape of a permanent law added to the statute book. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform The Insolvent Law, amended, to be sure, has remained on the statute books of Massachusetts to this day, and the United States Bankrupt Law was modeled upon it. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 Imprisonment for debt was abolished, the banking system was improved, the first lunatic asylum was established, and every vestige of slavery was cleared from the statute books. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail He was patriotic to the core, and it was his earnest desire that the last vestige of legislation inimical to the Southern States should pass from the statute books. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective It has been a dead letter ever since it was placed on the statute books. Applied Eugenics In other words, it is better to have the second best law kept permanently on the statute book than to have the best law there half the time. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 Fairly good fire laws are on our statute books. Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods Such legislation guarding against the importation of noxiously adulterated foods, drugs, or liquor has been on the statute books ever since. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Such a law should be on the statute books of every state, and will be when the parents of deaf children organize and demand it. What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know There are laws on the statute books against abominations of this sort; and be it said to the shame of a Christian community, said laws find an only too frequent application. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals If there are laws on the statute book that are not obeyed, I don't know why the clergy should make public protest rather than the lawyers, who are representatives of the law. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z Shameful as are Georgia's frequent lynchings, shameful as is the State's indifference to negro welfare, blacker yet is the law upon her statute books making the "age of consent" ten years! American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' The provision has long since dropped out of the statute book. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 One-half of the people of this nation to-day are utterly powerless to blot from the statute books an unjust law, or to write there a new and a just one. An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony, on the Charge of Illegal Voting Every legislator feels desirous of leaving his impress on the statute book. Mrs Whittelsey's Magazine for Mothers and Daughters Volume 3 There are many laws on the statute books detrimental to women. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 Law and order would supersede the rule of the gun, and the passions of men would have to be regulated by the statute books. The Trail Horde The orders of the day are the laws upon our statute books. President Wilson's Addresses Not until American workingmen came into open collision with cheap Chinese labor on the Pacific Coast did the federal government spread the first measure of limitation on the statute books. History of the United States There is no law, on the statute books of any nation of the world, which bears unjustly upon the people, which should be permitted to stand one hour. Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South If their bill for the better government of Ireland reaches the statute book without the amending bill it will make slaves of the Ulstermen. New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why? These are samples of the reforms in the laws of business that we intend to put on the Nation's statute books. The Art of Public Speaking There are over-zealous executives who are currying favor with the crowd by enforcing laws which are well enough on the statute books, but which were never meant to go further. Humanly Speaking The law which thus found its way to our statute book was plain in its terms, and its intent needed no avowal. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term It is very remarkable that there were no lawyers to challenge the legality of such laws as the above, which found their way into the statute books of all the New-England colonies. History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens In the last analysis, it is these judgments on political matters which govern a modern democracy, whatever the laws on the statute books may be, and whatever machinery of government may be established. Woman in Modern Society It is incredible that laws like these could ever get on the Nation's statute books. The Art of Public Speaking If the Declaration is not the truth let us get the statute books in which we find it and tear it out. Children of the Market Place The treaty stipulation entered into by our Government was in harmony with laws which were then on our statute book and are still in force. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term This very hour, by our statute books, by our so-called enlightened Christian civilization, she has no voice whatever in saying what shall be the basis of this relation. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years There was no law on the statute books which would execute an Afro-American for wounding a white man, but the "unwritten law" did. Southern Horrors Lynch Law in All Its Phases We mean to put new business laws on our statute books which will tell American business men what they can do and what they cannot do. The Art of Public Speaking The referendum is a means of seeing to it that the unrepresentative measures which they do not want shall not be placed upon the statute book. The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People I conclude, therefore, that Congress in passing this bill acted in ignorance of the fact that a law providing for its objects and purposes was already on the statute book. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term He made the fact very clear to them that they would have to pay yearly to keep the bills off the statute book. The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him The lie of law, which assumed the non-existence of the Catholic had infused itself into his nature, and while it was erased from the statute book, it was legible on his heart. The Felon's Track History Of The Attempted Outbreak In Ireland, Embracing The Leading Events In The Irish Struggle From The Year 1843 To The Close Of 1848 On the other hand, he would be limited by the recall and he could not get any important legislative measure on the statute books except after severe technical criticism, and express popular consent. The Promise of American Life The other statutory body attached to the Department has a significance and potential importance in strange contrast to the humble place it occupies in the statute book. Ireland In The New Century There is, by the way, an old-time ordinance on the statute book, prohibiting the flying of kites in any part of New York City below Fourteenth Street. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896 It will be readily seen that if this act of limitations is to remain on the statute books the portion of the adjustment act referred to would be rendered nugatory. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland The Legislature of 1884 has placed an act upon our statute book which rounds out and completes an act looking in the same direction passed by the Legislature of 1877. The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 4, January, 1885 In the first place, the tariff schedules which they successively placed upon the statute books were not drawn up in Hamilton's wise and moderate national spirit. The Promise of American Life It is urged that its presence on the statute books and the knowledge that it can be invoked will frighten public officials into good behavior. Elements of Debating He was not long in discovering that the laws on the statute books did not adequately answer the question. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 In the reign of Elizabeth an act was passed, which is to this hour probably on the statute book, restricting building in or near the metropolis. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 He who writes a crime into the statute book digs under the foundations of the Capitol.... Emerson and Other Essays Stormy debates followed on both the Compromise Tariff and the Force Bill, but before the session closed on the 4th of March both were on the statute book. The Reign of Andrew Jackson Angry clouds thickened across the political and religious horizon, until, shortly, the storm broke forth in unwonted fury, and swept away from the national statute book every vestige of American slavery. Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler The barriers which now seem so obstinate must yield to the force of an enlightened and just public opinion, and sooner or later unconstitutional and oppressive legislation will be effaced from our statute books. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 6, part 2: Andrew Johnson I invite the attention of Congress to the propriety of making more adequate provision for arming and equipping the militia than is afforded by the act of 1808, which is still upon the statute book. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Chester A. Arthur In the five States which retained it on their statute books its salutary enforcement was dependent on the moral sentiments in the various localities. Recollections of a Long Life An Autobiography Many of the ports of entry and delivery now authorized by law, so far as foreign commerce is concerned, exist only in the statute books. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 4, part 3: James Knox Polk Few laws on the statute book were so frequently enforced as the 31 Eliz. c. The Elizabethan Parish in its Ecclesiastical and Financial Aspects But the point is that unequal laws still remain on our statute books, and they may be, and sometimes are, enforced. What eight million women want When it all leaves circulation, the law on the statute book permitting it to be coined becomes a mere phrase. Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II Sabbath laws of all sorts forbidding work and play and amusements are dead letters on the statute books of most states, in spite of many attempts to galvanize them into life. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment Obligatory vaccination may therefore one day disappear from our statute book, if democracy has anything to do with it. Studies in Literature Up to that date those directly penal laws against Catholics which afterwards disfigured the statute book were practically unknown. The Story of Ireland There are laws on the statute books of many States obliging the wife to support her husband if he is disabled, and the children, if the husband defaults. What eight million women want Since I have had a seat in this body, one of considerable antiquity, that had stood for more than thirty years, was swept away from your statute books.... Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 Stringent laws are on the statute books of all states against stealing automobiles, yet stealing and selling automobiles is a flourishing and growing business. Crime: Its Cause and Treatment The assumption bill was lifted to its place on the statute book through the leverage exerted by Hamilton and Jefferson, with Washington's prestige as their fulcrum. Washington and his colleagues; a chronicle of the rise and fall of federalism There may be numerous laws for her relief on the statute books; but if society frowns on her appearance in court, it will be only in exceptional cases that she will appeal to the courts. A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. Imagine a woman complaining of a husband who would be certain to beat her again for revenge, and to whom she was bound irrevocably by laws stronger even than the laws on the statute books. What eight million women want It will be again said, with regard to the government of the country, "The farmer with his huge paws upon the statute book, what can he do?" The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 3 of 4 Describes the barbarous death which awaited the traitor according to the statute book of England, as it then stood. MacMillan's Reading Books Book V From the origin of the Government to the year 1816 the statute book was wholly silent on the subject. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 3, part 1: Andrew Jackson (Second Term) With the exception of divorce cases, there were really no bad laws passed; and no disposition manifested to excessive legislation, or to encumber the statute book with new schemes. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers And now, gentlemen, you are responsible, not for the laws you find on the statute books, but for those you leave there. Debate on Woman Suffrage in the Senate of the United States, 2d Session, 49th Congress, December 8, 1886, and January 25, 1887 On hearing the case, the latter could scarcely restrain from laughing, but arranged the matter amicably, as such a crime was not mentioned in the statute book. A Woman's Journey Round the World Witchcraft, instead of being a mere article of faith, became enrolled in the statute book; and all good subjects and true Christians were called upon to take arms against it. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2 Moreover, he had been elected a member of the legislature of his State and was anxious to purge its statute books of a number of objectionable laws. Thomas Jefferson, a Character Sketch It's either law or—" "But," says Grimes, "there's a higher law than that on the statute books. Danny's Own Story Indiana, where he had made the strongest efforts because the control of its statute book was vital to him, had gone his way barely but, apparently, securely; Scarborough was beaten for governor by twenty-five hundred. The Cost The pedantic decisions and definable readjustments of man may be found in scrolls and statute books and scriptures; but men's basic assumptions and everlasting energies are to be found in penny dreadfuls and halfpenny novelettes. Heretics It is admitted in the fact that southern statute books are covered with enactments forbidding, under severe fines and penalties, the teaching of the slave to read or write. My Bondage and My Freedom As respects wisdom, the modern statute book does not loom, monumental. "'Tis Sixty Years Since" Address of Charles Francis Adams; Founders' Day, January 16, 1913 On the other hand, laws and statute books did not always guarantee performance. The United States Since the Civil War One by one political reforms take their place on our statute books, and each one comes to stay. The Call of the Twentieth Century An Address to Young Men If that were true, would it not always be wise for legislators to give their affidavits and place on file their interpretation of the law they had confirmed, and placed on the statute books? Samantha among the Brethren — Volume 7 He gave a greater impulse to the physical development of Ohio, and left upon its statute books higher proofs of wisdom and forecast than any who had preceded him. Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men It may be practically accomplished, and is, in fact, practically accomplished whenever the freed man is not protected by the federal authorities, without displaying its character and aims upon the statute book. Report on the Condition of the South Those yet remaining upon the statute books are invoked but rarely, and then the effort to enforce them is ridiculous. Woman and the New Race This Bill will ever remain a hateful and foul blot upon the statute book of England. Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 3 "We are going to force the factories to obey the letter of the law on our statute books." The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors Yes, that is a prudent stipulation; and it applies just as well to the myriad "laws on our statute books" as to these two. The Subterranean Brotherhood All such laws are enacted by barbarians, and our country will not be free until they are wiped from the statute books of every state. Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest Like many laws upon our statute books, these are being persistently and intelligently violated. Woman and the New Race There has never been another such measure of outrageous class and social discrimination on the statute books of the United States. Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him The danger lay in establishing a corrupt system, and placing a wrong precedent upon the statute book. Sketches and Studies This is not on the statute books, but it operates actively, nevertheless. The Subterranean Brotherhood Accordingly she placed side by side upon her statute book a Toleration Act with a proviso in favor of her Established Church, and a Church platform with a proviso for "sober dissenters" therefrom. The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut There were no laws on the statute book which would practically prevent directors of life-insurance companies from doing as they pleased with the immense trust properties in their possession. Cambridge Sketches In 1850, you clamored for further legislation in favor of your property in human beings, and the fugitive slave law was placed on the nation's statute book. The American Union Speaker These patriotic profiteers throughout the country have falsely and with out any foundation whatever charged the I.W.W. with every crime on the statute books. The Centralia Conspiracy In short, the death penalty stays on the statute books, but the community does not want it, though it has not the courage to demand its abolition outright. The Subterranean Brotherhood It is the principle which, if Hungary is not restored to her sovereign independence, is blotted out for ever from the great statute book of the nations, from the common law of mankind. Select Speeches of Kossuth These distinctions, although falling into disuse, are not even yet abolished, but still, with many others equally odious, disgrace the Carolinean statute book. An Englishman's Travels in America His Observations of Life and Manners in the Free and Slave States But a narrow spirit of intolerance extending even down to the rebellion kept on the statute books a series of acts prohibiting the settlement of free blacks in the State. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 The gentle restraints of the home circle, its calm, its rest, its security form the unwritten code of which the statute book is the written exponent. Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" The first act on the statute book was passed June 1, 1789, and prescribed a form of oath. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 Even an alternative Bill, supposed to have Elizabeth's approval, which merely excluded Mary from the succession, never reached the statute book. England under the Tudors With every new volume exposing the gruesome mainsprings of the national virtue, further taboos and restrictions crowd themselves into the statute books. Nonsenseorship The custom which many legislators have of attempting to get as much special legislation for their respective districts as possible has likewise increased the number of laws upon the statute books. Problems in American Democracy Not one great, beneficent law has been placed on our statute books without his intelligent and powerful aid. Public Speaking Write upon our halls of justice and courthouses and statute books, and on every lawyer's desk, these solemn words of Jesus: "He that taketh away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also." The Truth about Jesus : Is He a Myth? In some of the regions to which man and his death-dealing influence have not penetrated, this law is not yet on the statute books of the jungle and the wilderness. The Minds and Manners of Wild Animals A Book of Personal Observations Twenty-two States have practically the same divorce laws in force on their statute books, with the exception of the provision regarding residence. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information The expert bill drafter and the legislative bureau help materially to reduce the amount of defective and unwise legislation on the statute books. Problems in American Democracy In forty-seven years they have swept an imposingly large number of unfair laws from the statute books of America. Following the Equator, Part 4 There were many laws on the ship's statute book of course; but so far as I could see, this and one other were the only ones that were rigidly enforced. Following the Equator — Part 1 Few people are aware of the monstrous laws against blasphemy which still disgrace our statute book. The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet Then the doorkeeper opened a huge Bible - a load in itself; “This,” said he, “is our only statute book - prove your right from this or go.” The Visions of the Sleeping Bard In the latter year the first general immigration act was passed, though considerable legislation on the subject was already on the statute books. Problems in American Democracy He found upon the statute books of Ohio a corrupt practice act and this was strengthened by laws passed during his term. The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox The voter who has not the courage to insist that hypocritical laws should be wiped from the statute books should express no surprise when juries refuse to convict those who violate them. Courts and Criminals Look at the statute book for 1865—the statutes at large for the year. The English Constitution Beneath the left sword lay the statute book of England, and beneath the other, a big Bible. The Visions of the Sleeping Bard The acceptance of this principle will make half the laws now cluttering our statute books unnecessary. Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day The vision of Governor Cox in legislation is best to be studied in the statute book of Ohio. The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox There was no adequate redress for the mechanic if his wages were in default, for lien laws had not yet found their way into the statute books. The Armies of Labor A chronicle of the organized wage-earners The measures which they thus forced upon the statute books and which represented the first comprehensive attempt to regulate railroads have always been known as the "Granger Laws." The Railroad Builders; a chronicle of the welding of the states After them some of the barn-folk, who had been there only a short while, began to speak: “We have the same statute book as ye have,” they averred, “and therefore show us our privileged place.” The Visions of the Sleeping Bard Few people at the North knew or cared anything about the details of a law that had been on the statute books since 1793. An Anti-Slavery Crusade; a chronicle of the gathering storm For all the ferocities of the statute books, acute suffering for difference of opinion, whether political or religious, did not bulk large in the life of early Virginia. Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings Yet the statute books do show some discriminations. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states Oregon had a reciprocal demurrage law on her statute books; California had not. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 The Sherman Anti-Trust law, which had already been on the Federal statute books for eleven years, forbade "combinations in restraint of trade" in the field of interstate commerce. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times If that Declaration is not the truth, let us get the statute book, in which we find it, and tear it out! The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 3 The Lincoln-Douglas debates According to a well-supported tradition they reached the statute book only by fraud, having been rushed through on a holiday, on which most of the members thought that no session would be held. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 It is doubtful whether in some of the states the authorities believed that there were any discriminatory laws; they probably overlooked some of the free Negro legislation already on the statute books. The Sequel of Appomattox : a chronicle of the reunion of the states The lesson of the incident is that if effective laws are to be placed on the statute books, there can be no compromise with the machine. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 So when Roosevelt came into office with the simple, straightforward conviction that laws on the statute books were intended to be enforced and proceeded to close all the saloons on Sunday, the result was inevitable. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times Perhaps the passions excited by the tyranny of James might make it impossible to efface the penal laws from the statute book but those laws should be mitigated by a lenient administration. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 But the placing of the acts upon the statute book did not mean that the cause of the king had triumphed. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 But where on the Nation's statute book do you find now a single important law fathered by him? Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography If the machine could not put laws on the statute books to its liking, it could block the passage of good measures. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 A workmen's compensation law for government employees, inadequate but at least a beginning, was put on the statute books. Theodore Roosevelt and His Times You cannot open your statute book without seeing positive provisions relative to every right of the subject. Thoughts on the Present Discontents, and Speeches, etc. The Bill of Uniformity of belief had been rejected, and though the Royal Supremacy Bill had passed the two Houses in modified form it had not yet reached the statute book. History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 2 To go into all the details which might be drawn together from the statute books of the different States of the Union bearing on this point, and to do them full justice, would require volumes. Female Suffrage: a Letter to the Christian Women of America The people of California have made clear their desire that an effective anti-gambling law, such as New York enjoys, be placed on the statute books. Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 |
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