Lincoln successfully argued that the railroad company was not bound by its original charter in existence at the time of Barret's pledge ; the charter was amended in the public interest to provide a newer, superior, and less expensive route, and the corporation retained the right to demand Barret's payment.

The original charter of the college stated:

The club is a charter member of the American League, one of four clubs ( with the Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians ) still located in its original city.

The original charter was burned when the old Court House was destroyed by fire.

The original charter of Rice Institute dictated that the university admit and educate, tuition-free, " the white inhabitants of Houston, and the state of Texas ".

From 1960 to 1996, the team was known as the Houston Oilers, an original charter member of the American Football League ( AFL ).

The Institute's charter was signed by all the original trustees, except for Rice, on May 18, 1891, and certified by the State of Texas the following day.

Established in 1834 and having operated continuously since then, it is the oldest US railroad still operating under its original name and charter.

The LIRR is one of the few railroads that has survived as an intact company from its original charter to the present day.

The Institute's original charter was authorized by the state legislature on March 1, 1850, and the school opened on November 27, 1850 despite the fact that the building was not yet completed.

He is known to have revoked a charter of Egbert's on the grounds that " it was wrong that his thegn should have presumed to give land allotted to him by his lord into the power of another without his witness ", but the date of Egbert's original grant is unknown, as is the date of Offa's revocation of it.

The Supreme Court of Virginia ruled that the original crown charter provided the authority for the corporation's Board of Visitors to make changes including the reorganization.

The original charter has been lost.

This ' Ward ' was constituted of the original ' Guildable Manor ' and the properties previously held by the church, under a charter of Edward VI, latterly called the ' King's Manor ' and ' Great Liberty ' manor.

From the original alt. zines charter: " alt. zines is a place for reviews of zines, announcements of new zines, tips on how to make zines, discussions of the culture of zines, news about zines, specific zines and related stuff.

The original seven charter teams were the Salem Senators, Eugene Emeralds, Yakima Bears, Spokane Indians, Tri-City Braves, Wenatchee Chiefs, and the Lewiston Broncs.

The winning choice was Nuggets, in honor of the original Nuggets team who played in Denver from 1948 – 50, the last year as a charter member of the NBA.

The most notable were the SportsChannel networks, which went on the air in 1976 with the original SportsChannel ( now MSG Plus ) and later branched out into Chicago and Florida ; Prime Network, which went on the air in 1983 with the charter member being Home Sports and Entertainment ( now FSN Southwest ) and later branched out onto the West Coast as " Prime Sports "; and SportSouth, the RSN operated by Turner Broadcasting.

The expansions and additions from the original charter members were in 1985 ( Monmouth University ), 1989 ( Mount St. Mary's University ), 1992 ( Rider University, who left in 1997 ), 1997 ( Central Connecticut State University ), 1998 ( Quinnipiac University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County who left in 2003 ), 1999 ( Sacred Heart University ) and 2008 ( Bryant University ).

The original charter specified the establishment both of the college, and of an institution called the Queen's College Grammar School, intended to be a preparatory school affiliated and governed by the college.

The surveyors also extended the boundary line to run between Pennsylvania and colonial western Virginia ( which became West Virginia during the American Civil War, on June 20, 1863 ), though this was contrary to their original charter ; this extension of the line was only confirmed later ( see Yohogania County for details ).

Further evidence of Æthelbald's power, or at least his titles, is provided by an important charter of 736, the Ismere Diploma, which survives in a contemporary ( and possibly original ) copy.

The Dukedom became extinct after Henry VI, as the original charter restricted it to ' heirs male '.

It was named for John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, who as heir to one of the eight original Lords Proprietors of the Province of Carolina, claimed one eighth of the land granted in the charter of 1665.

This is the primary function of the imagination operating in the absence of the original experiential stimulus by which the images were first appropriated.

He is probably our most original composer ; ;

There is, of course, the doctrine of original sin, which asserts that each of us as individuals partakes of the guilt of our first ancestor.

and the doctrine of original sin is compounded of injustice.

If we are to believe the list of titles printed in Malraux's latest book, La Metamorphose Des Dieux, Vol. 1 ( ( 1957 ), he is still engaged in writing a large novel under his original title.

Off-Broadway, where production is still comparatively cheap, is proving itself only slightly more original.

Laudably enough, it is offering classics and off-beat imports, but last week only one U.S. original was on the boards, Robert D. Hock's stunning Civil War work, Borak.

The filing of an original or amended declaration, otherwise due on January 15, 1962, is also waived, if you file your Form 1040 for 1961 and pay the full tax by January 31, 1962.

The original machine, bearing its famous serial number, is still on exhibition at the Brown & Sharpe Precision Center in Providence.

There is a break in continuity just before the fourth variation in the `` Forellen '' movement, and I suspect that this is due to imperfect splicing between sides of the original Aj.

The amount of liquid poured into the chamber is determined by subtracting the quantity still in the beaker when the chamber is full from the original quantity.

Here is an original kedgeree recipe from the Family Club's kitchen:

Its original appearance is shown in an engraving published in the `` Massachusetts Magazine '' in May 1793, which is reproduced herewith ( Fig. 1 ).

Heywood Broun wrote: `` Belle Poitrine is the most original thinker since Caligula '', and even F.D.R. had to concede that `` if the rest of this nation showed the foresight and patriotism of Miss Poitrine, America would rapidly resemble ancient Babylon and Nineveh ''.

When the platform is aligned, the reflected image of the crossed hairs can be seen exactly superimposed upon the original crossed hairs.

The basic mystery of dreams, which embraces all the others and challenges us from even the most common typical dream, is in the fact that they are original, visual continuities.

There is nothing to suggest that the brain can alter past impressions to fit into an original, realistic and unbroken continuity like we experience in dreams.

`` To be creative is to have the ability to cause to exist -- to produce where nothing was before -- to bring forth an original production of human intelligence or power ''.

But because teeth sometimes may drift back to their original position, a retaining appliance is used to lock them in place.

The Pantheon's interior, still in its original form, is truly majestic and an architectural triumph.

Pennsylvania Avenue, named for one of the original 13 states, perhaps is not the most impressive street in the District of Columbia from a commercial standpoint.