Before she could reply Aunt Plumy said, in a tone of calm conviction, that made them all laugh, and some of them look conscious,— “Spring is a good time for weddin’s, and I shouldn’t wonder if there was quite a number.” — from Proverb Stories by Louisa May Alcott
shall contain regulations and prohibitions satisfactory
It denies the use of the mails to any stock exchange, “unless such exchange has been incorporated under the laws of the state or territory at which its business is conducted, or unless the charter and by-laws of such exchange or the law under which it is organized shall contain regulations and prohibitions satisfactory to the Postmaster General safeguarding the transactions of such exchange, the character of the securities dealt in thereon, the genuineness of the quotations thereof, and all other information concerning such transactions that is to be carried through the mails, and by telegraph and telephone beyond the limits of the state of the organization of such exchange against fraud and deceit in the following particulars”: These require publicity as to the assets and stock issues of a corporation before its securities may be listed; an annual report by the corporation whose securities are listed, to the secretary of the exchange and the postmaster general, giving a detailed statement of receipts, expenses, net earnings, salaries and commissions paid to officers or directors, etc.; prohibition of arbitrary action by a stock exchange in striking securities from its list, of artificial manipulation of securities, of hypothecation of securities purchased on a margin, of “short-selling,” etc. — from The postal power of Congress: A study in constitutional expansion by Lindsay Rogers
still calling remorseful apologies practical suggestions
She had gone down to the street, leaving Mrs. Mortimer still calling remorseful apologies, practical suggestions, and laughing comments on her “tragedy way of taking the world.” — from The Squirrel-Cage by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
similar Christian rights and privileges says
The unity of the congregations, the granting of the greeting of peace, of the name brother, and of mutual hospitality,—these and similar Christian rights and privileges, says Tertullian, "depend on no other condition than the similar tradition of the same oath of allegiance," i.e. , the adoption of the same baptismal rule of faith. — from Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by F. (Friedrich) Bente
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