Word: south
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...tendency of a fixed constitution, on revision, to an extension of legislative powers? No. The constitution of the Union has only been altered once or twice, at any rate before 1865, but the particular states afforded many instances of narrowed legislative competency. Some states, e. g. Lomsiana, South Carolina, Georgia, have had as many as five constitutions. Contrary to our experience of corporate bodies, in whose charters general wording leaves room for the framing of byelaws, the newer American constitutions embody much criminal, family and police law. Such constitutions frequently need amending...
FOUND. A black English pointer, with white spot on breast, belonging to some Harvard student. For further information apply at 137 Tudor Street, South Boston...
...Gushee, '87 has gone South for his health...
...born surrounded by a natural horizon. The Old Gambrel-roofed House could not boast an unbroken ring of natural objects encircling it. Northerly it looked upon its own outbuildings and some unpretending two-story house which had been its neighbors for a century or more. To the south of it the square brick dormitories and the befriend hall of the university helped to shut out the distant view. But the west windows gave a broad outlook across the common, beyond which the historical "Washington elm" and two companions in line with it spread their leaves in summer and their networks...
...College House, two flights, front, south end. Any careful person taking this room for the balance of the year ($40.00) may have free the use of the furniture, (the room is well furnished), and a ton of coal. Apply today or tomorrow...