Most government positions also were appointed by the legislature.

He and the Republican-controlled legislature also enacted " reforms " of the court system that resulted in an increase in the number of judicial appointments.

The National Constituent Assembly functioned not only as a legislature, but also as a body to draft a new constitution.

Usually, the legislature also determines the maximum punishment allowable for each felony class ; doing so avoids the necessity of defining specific sentences for every possible crime.

In 1935 he forced through the legislature a new constitution, which was also approved by plebiscite.

Some of the characteristics of a presidential system ( i. e., a strong dominant political figure with an executive answerable to them, not the legislature ) can also be found among absolute monarchies, parliamentary monarchies and single party ( e. g. Communist ) regimes, but in most cases of dictatorship, their stated constitutional models are applied in name only and not in political theory or practice.

Another complication exists with South Africa, in which the President is in fact elected by the National Assembly ( legislature ) and is thus similar, in principle, to a head of government in a parliamentary system but also, in addition, is recognized as the nation's head of state.

The head of state also signs international treaties on behalf of the state, or has them signed in his / her name by ministers ( government members or diplomats ); subsequent ratification, when necessary, usually rests with the legislature.

The Somoza family also controlled the PLN, which in turn controlled the legislature and judicial system, thus giving Somoza absolute power over every sphere of Nicaraguan politics.

Each state also elects its own governor and legislature.

The New Jersey legislature also tried to rescind its ratification on February 20, 1868, citing procedural problems with the amendment's congressional passage, including that specific states were unlawfully denied representation in the House and the Senate at the time.

The business of holding elections also caused great disruption in the state legislatures, with a full third of the Oregon legislature choosing not to swear the oath of office in 1897 due to a dispute over an open Senate seat.

The Unitarian Universalist Association ( UUA ) was also given corporate status in May 1961 under special acts of legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York.

* an elected legislature, often bicameral, in which at least one house is elected, although unicameral systems also exist ; legislative members are usually elected by district in first-past-the-post elections ( as opposed to country-wide proportional representation ).

The Nationalists, now led by Eddie Fenech Adami, refused to accept the electoral result and also refused to take their seats in parliament for the first years of the legislature, mounting a campaign demanding that Parliament should reflect the democratic will of the people.

In 1963, he was also elected into the Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate and served as leader of the CDU party in that legislature.

He also became President pro tempore of the Senate briefly, serving as president of the Senate because of the illness of Vice-President William A. Wheeler, before Ohio chose a Republican legislature, which would not reelect Thurman.

Generally, the same system of checks and balances that exists at the Federal level also exists between the state legislature, the state executive officer ( governor ) and the state judiciary, though the degree to which this is so varies from one state to the next.

A legislature also approves the state's operating and capital budgets, which may begin as a legislative proposal or a submission by the governor.

The legislators themselves are independently elected ( while some also serve as mayors of the villages they represent, their status as mayors does not affect in any way their seats on the legislature and thus it is not a Board of Supervisors ).

The KMT also retained control of the legislature in the Legislative Yuan elections in January 2008.

" I do not think this legislature should interfere with a man's religion, also these people should be allowed to retain this health restorer.

Over its early history the bank was known as “ Girard ’ s Bank ,” or as “ Girard Bank ” or also as “ Stephen Girard ’ s Bank ” or even the “ Bank of Stephen Girard .” Girard was the sole proprietor of his bank, and thus avoided the Pennsylvania state law which prohibited an unincorporated association of persons from establishing a bank, and required a charter from the legislature for a banking corporation.

The Colorado state legislature also adopted " Rocky Mountain High " as one of its state songs in 2007.

They also make law ( but in a limited sense, limited to the facts of particular cases ) based upon prior case law in areas where the legislature has not made law.

For example, most areas of law in most Anglo-American jurisdictions include " statutory law " enacted by a legislature, " regulatory law " promulgated by executive branch agencies pursuant to delegation of rule-making authority from the legislature, and common law or " case law ", i. e., decisions issued by courts ( or quasi-judicial tribunals within agencies ).

The progressive legislature enacted the 1905 laws on laïcité, which created a complete separation of church and state and stripped churches of most of their property rights.

* The legislature enacted the Missouri Victim's Bill of Rights, which allows crime victims to be informed of and present at criminal proceedings, the right to restitution, the right to protection from the defendant and the right to be informed of the escape or release of a defendant.

California's legislature enacted AB 826, the Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act of 2003, requiring California's Department of Toxic Substance Control ( DTSC ) to adopt regulations specifying best management practices for perchlorate and perchlorate-containing substances.

Then in June 1853 the legislature enacted a head tax on cattle in the Territory.

Legislation ( or " statutory law ") is law which has been promulgated ( or " enacted ") by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it.

By December 1864, the Lincoln plan of Reconstruction had been enacted in Louisiana and the legislature sent two Senators and five Representatives to take their seats in Washington.

California's legislature enacted AB 826, the Perchlorate Contamination Prevention Act of 2003, requiring California's Department of Toxic Substance Control ( DTSC ) to adopt regulations specifying best management practices for perchlorate and perchlorate-containing substances.

In 1986, the Australia Act was enacted, thereafter eliminating the remaining, mainly theoretical, ties between the legislature and judiciary of the United Kingdom and the Australian states.

An Act of Congress is a statute enacted by government with a legislature named " Congress ," such as the United States Congress or the Congress of the Philippines.

On October 27, 1992, the municipality of Ponce became the first in Puerto Rico to obtain its autonomy under a new law ( The Autonomous Municipalities Act of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ) enacted by the Puerto Rican legislature.

In 1988, the Delaware legislature enacted a law which required a would-be acquirer to capture 85 percent of a Delaware chartered corporation's stock in a single transaction or wait three years before proceeding.

The bill he put before the Indiana legislature was never enacted.

Under the indirect initiative, a measure is first referred to the legislature, and then put to a popular vote only if not enacted by the legislature.

It became a degree-granting institution upon receipt of a University Charter on March 9, 1934, at which time the provincial legislature of New Brunswick enacted the following:

The legislature changed the field from buff to blue by a law enacted on April 2, 1901.

The composition of the royal family may be regulated by statute enacted by the legislature ( e. g. Spain, the Netherlands, and Japan since 1947 ), the Sovereign's prerogative and common law tradition ( e. g. the United Kingdom ), or a private house law ( e. g., Liechtenstein, the former ruling houses of Bavaria, Prussia, Hanover, etc .).

On May 6, 2009, Maine's legislature and governor enacted a law to legalize same-sex marriage, but on November 3, 2009, that law was repealed by voters.

During his second term, narrowly won in 1896, the legislature raised taxes on several private industries and enacted child-labor laws.

As advisors to the sovereign, the Cabinet has significant power in the Canadian system and, as the governing party usually holds a majority of seats in the legislature, almost all bills proposed by the Cabinet are enacted.

" In February, 1918, the Montana legislature met in extraordinary session and enacted a similar statute.

It also elected John Miller Baer to the United States House of Representatives After the 1918 elections, in which the NPL won control of both houses of the legislature, a significant portion of the League's platform was enacted.