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 643 PEDERAIi REPORTER. �chises of încorporated companies, and subjecting them to public use the same as propertyof individuals, and the exer- cise of the police power of thie siate sball ne ver be abridged nor so construed as to permit corporations to conduct their business in such manner as to impinge the equal rights of individuals or the gener^il well-being of the state." �Paragraph 1, § 5, art. 2^ declares: "The people of this state bave the inherent, sole, and exclusive right of regulat- ing their internai goverraent and the police thereof, and of Biltering and abolishing their constitution whenever it may be neeessary to their safety ahd happiness. " �Paragraph 1, § 3, art; 1, declares : "* * * Private prop- erty sball not be taken or damaged for public purposes ynth- oùt just and adequate compensation being first paid." �Paragraph 8, § 1, art. 1,' declares: "No person shall be deprived of lif e, liberty, or property except by due process of law." �Paragraph 2, art. 1, § 1, declares: "Protection to person and property is the paramount duty of government, and shall be impartial and complete." �Paragraph 1, § 4, art. 1, declares : "Laws of a general nature shall bave uniform operation throughout the state, and no special law shall be çnacted in any case for whioh provis- ion bas been made by an existing general law. No general law affecting private rights shall be revised in any particular case by special legislation, except with the free consent in writing of ail persons to be affected thereby." �Paragraph 23, § 1, art. 1, declares : "The legislative, judicial, and executive power sHalI forever remain separate and dis- tinct, and no person discharging the duties of one shall at the same time exercise the functions of others except as herein provided." �Paragraph 3, § 3, art. 1, declares : "No grant of special priv- ileges or immunities shall be revoked except in such manner as to workno injustice to corporators or creditors of the incor- poration." �These provisions of the constitution being iu force, the legislature, on October 14, 1879, passed an act to carry into ����