This court has noticed the question, but has never found it necessary to decide which is the true construction.
"In determining the true construction to be given to the act of Congress, it is proper to look at the Constitution of the United States to aid us in ascertaining the nature of the property intended to be protected.
on the part of the executive department, acquiesced in by the legislative department, while not absolutely binding on the judicial department, is entitled to great regard in determining the true construction of a constitutional provision the phraseology of which is in any respect of doubtful meaning.
The purpose of the act was to remit to judicial determination the question, whether, upon the true construction of the charter, the government was legally bound to pay the company for one-half the transportation; or whether it might retain that half, and apply it towards interest on the bonds.
The question which I have to decide in the present case arises out of a very simple contract, the effect of which is, that the Defendant Johanna Wagner should sing at Her Majesty's Theatre for a certain number of nights, and that she should not sing elsewhere (for that is the true construction) during that period.
If the former be the true construction, then no one, not even a soldier, sailor, or apprentice, can surrender his liberty, even for a day; and the soldier may desert his regiment upon the eve of battle, or the sailor abandon his ship at any intermediate port or landing, or even in a storm at sea, provided, only, he can find means of escaping to another vessel.
Strict zoning and building regulations and environmental concerns often limit just how much true slopeside construction can be built.
The same is true of construction materials.
It's true that construction and vehicle use degrade the National Capital Region's air quality.
True skeletal construction on a large scale was first achieved in Chicago by William Le Baron Jenney in the Home Insurance Company Building (1884 85).
"While it is true that construction is not under way, things have been going on behind the scenes," he said.
