r public contracts 332
Fletcher _v._ Peck 335
New Jersey _v._ Wilson 336
Corporate charters; Different ways of regarding 336
Dartmouth College case 338
Classes of cases under the clause 339
Public grants 339
Municipal corporations 339
Public offices 340
Revocable privileges versus "contracts": Tax exemptions 341
Vested rights 343
Reservation of the right to alter and repeal 343
Right to reserve: When limited 343
Corporations as persons subject to the law 345
Corporations and the police power 345
Strict construction of public grants 346
Charles River Bridge case 346
Application of the strict construction rule 346
Strict construction of tax exemptions 347
Strict construction and the police power 348
Doctrine of inalienable State powers 349
Eminent domain power inalienable 349
Taxing power not inalienable 350
Police power: When inalienable 351
Private contracts 352
Scope of the term 352
Source of the obligation 352
Ogden _v._ Saunders 353
Remedy a part of the obligation 354
Establishment of the rule 354
Qualifications of the rule 355
Municipal Bond cases 356
Private contracts and the police power 357
Emergency legislation 358
Individual rights versus public welfare 359
Evaluation of the clause today 359
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