TABLE OF CONTENTS. Origin and History of Legislation in the Colonies of New Plymouth Of Legislative Authority irrespective of any Constitutional Restric tions upon Legislative Power, and a consideration of the doctrine 236 Constitutional restrictions upon Legislative Power, under the Con- stitution of the United States: 1st. As applicable to the Federal Constitutional restrictions upon Legislative Power under the Con- stitutions of the respective States, and the construction of such ERRATA. In many instances the author has been prevented from revising the proof sheets; hence, owing to defects in manuscript, several important typographical errors, affecting in some cases, the grammatical sense, and in others, substituting erroneous words; have found their way into this work. The reader is respectfully requested to note them before the perusal. They will be found as follows, viz: On page 38, in the 6th and 7th lines from the bottom of the page, for the Latin quotation from Cicero, read, "Tum enim magistratum non gerebat is, qui ceperat si patres auctores non erant facti." On page 258, for "truths," read truth; for "prevailing," read pervading. On page 302, in the 6th line from the bottom of the page, for "is," read are. In the same line, and 5th line from bottom, for " in itself," read per se. On page 306, in the 6th line of § 169, for “prospective," read retrospective; and in the 5th line of § 170, for "prospective," read retrospective. On page 308, in the 2d line of § 172, for "prospective," read retrospective. On page 446, in the 14th line from the bottom of the page, for "influences,” read influence. On page 523, in the 8th line of § 362, after the word "legislature," insert the word on. On page 577, in the 9th line of § 404, for “constitutes,” read constitute. 581, in the 5th line of § 412, for "défenda," read défend. In the 7th line of the same section, for " que' il," read qu'il. On page 588, in § 419, for "(a)," read (c.) 66 634, in the last line of § 490, for "materii," read materia. 651, in the 14th line of § 505, for "extum," read textum. In the 1st line of § 506, for "demonstration on," read demonstratio non. On page 666, in the 1st line of § 523, after the word "construed," strike out the word "so." On page 742, in the 3d line from the bottom of § 624, for "are themselves," read is an; and in the same line, for "interpretations," read interpretation. In the 2d line from the bottom of the same section, for the word " might," read may. On page 809, in 6th line from the top, for "trustee," read trustees. 66 66 821, in 6th line of § 703, for "interest," read intent. 864, in 12th line from bottom, for "could court not," read court could not. 933, in 5th line of § 820, for "hereon," read thereon. In the 3d line from the bottom of the same page, for " a contract," read contracts. There are numerous errors in punctuation, not noted here, which the reader will readily detect. |