Sentence examples for municipal constitution from inspiring English sources

The Russian municipal constitution was introduced in 1882.

It says so right there in the City Charter, our municipal constitution.

It was devastated by Tatar invasions during the 13th century but was quickly rebuilt, receiving "Magdeburg rights," which consisted of a municipal constitution, in 1257.

Thousands of these municipal constitutions will now emerge and provide templates for new state and federal constitutions.

While prisoners are now allowed to serve on municipal work crews, the Constitution bars them from working for private entities, a provision originally intended to prevent prisoners from being exploited.

The court has heard arguments in Department of Revenue of Kentucky vs. Davis, in which Kentucky residents George and Catherine Davis charge that Kentucky's act of taxing interest income from their non-Kentucky municipal bonds violates the Constitution's "dormant” Commerce Clause.

Such is the curious case of the municipal sewer bill and the Constitution.

Constitutional Commissions, 1987 Constitution.

In Romer v. Evans, the US Supreme Court ruled against an amendment to the Colorado state constitution which would have prevented municipal governments from taking action to protect homosexuals from discrimination.

Municipal corporations are organized under the applicable state constitution and laws, with powers of government expressly or implicitly conferred by that constitution and laws, and also by charter.

It has also been a feature of state and municipal government in the United States, where state constitutions since 1875 have frequently been amended or revamped to confer general or specifically enumerated self-governing powers on cities and towns and sometimes counties and townships.