tutes of the realm, the earliest sociological statute about 1100;
Stevenson, G.T., quoted;
Stock certificates, not negotiable;
Stock Exchange, rules of, customary law.
Street Railways (_see Municipal Socialism_)
Streets, use of, by railways subject to vote of abutters.
Strikes (_see also Conspiracy_), early law of;
once unlawful in England;
never unlawful in America;
modern statutes concerning;
European law of;
illegal under a lawful wage;
participation of employees in;
notice of by employers required in modern statutes;
lawful in France;
use of Federal courts in,
Stubbs, on early English legislation.
Succession taxes, history of;
common, now in all States;
Federal tax repealed;
may be graded.
Succession (_see Interstate_).
Suffrage (_see Women's Suffrage, Elections_), qualifications for;
reforms in;
disqualification of public servants;
"grandfather clause";
property and qualification legislation.
Sugar Trust cases.
Sumptuary laws, in early England;
statute _de cibariis_;
courses at dinner regulated by law;
diet and apparel;
statute of A.D. 1463, prescribing apparel;
women not to wear hose to the value of more than fourteen pence.
Sunday laws, tendency to abolish;
barbers may not shave on Sunday.
Supplies, seizure by the king forbidden.
Sweatshop, definition of;
laws regulating;
bakeries, cigar, clothing, artificial flowers, etc., trades
principally regulated;
laws concerning.
Taff Vale case, legislation against.
Taft, railway rate bill;
court of commerce criticised;
Federal incorporation;
judicial reforms.
Tail (_see Entail_).
Tariff, constitutional objection to;
increased cost to the people recognized by statute of 1309.
Tariff laws, effect upon engrossing and monopoly;
early history of.
Taxation (_see Taxes_), origin of in England;
must be by common consent;
general taxation first, in Saladin tithe;
must be for common benefit;
for public purposes;
first taxation on personal property in 1188;
by common consent omitted from later charters;
principle of consent restored in confirmation of charters;
a usual method of invading property rights;
never direct in England;
history of;
exemption from as to certain industries;
possibly unconstitutional;
extent of in the United States;
laws limiting tax rate;
must be proportional under State constitutions;
burden of in United States;
double taxation;
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