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The official title of "state electrician" was given to some American state executioners in states using the electric chair during the early 20th century, including the New York State electrician. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The title itself is somewhat of a euphemism , while the persons appointed were electricians by trade, the title on its own did not give ...
Barron v. Baltimore, 32 U.S. (7 Pet.) 243 (1833), is a landmark United States Supreme Court case in 1833, which helped define the concept of federalism in US constitutional law.
New York State Electrician was a euphemistic title given to the chief executioner of the State of New York during the use of the electric chair.The position existed from 1890 until the state's last execution in 1963, although the final State Electrician, Dow Hover, remained on call for any future executions until the United States Supreme Court briefly abolished capital punishment with its ...
The New York Timeseditorial page warned, “It is especially frightening to see the administration use the debates over the prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and domestic spying to mount a new offensive against the courts.”3 July 31: “A SLIP OF THE PEN.” U.S. lawyers issued a state-ment expressing alarm at the way the president was overusing
Mary Eliza Watters Risteau was born in Towson, Maryland on April 24, 1890, to Elizabeth (née Watters) and William M. Risteau. [3] [4] She graduated from Towson High School in 1907. [3] [2] [5] In 1912, she graduated from Towson University (then the Maryland State Normal School). [4]
General George Washington was impressed with the Maryland regulars (the "Maryland Line") who fought in the Continental Army and, according to one tradition, this led him to bestow the name "Old Line State" on Maryland. [24] [25] Today, the Old Line State is one of Maryland's two official nicknames. The state also filled other roles during the war.
organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and under New York State law, without any parent corporation, that it has issued no stock, and that there thus is no publicly held company that owns any such stock. Case 1:10-cv-01067-RBW-DAR Document 212 Filed 12/14/12 Page 2 of 38
Finkelman, Paul (2006). "Maryland Toleration Act". The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties. New York: CRC Press. ISBN 0-415-94342-6. Hanley, Thomas O'Brien (1957). "Church and State in the Maryland Ordinance of 1639". Church History (New York: Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Society of Church History) 26 (4): 325–341.