INTERNAL

Relating to the interioq comprised within boundary lines; of interior concern or Interest; domestic, as opposed to foreign. -Internal coD1merce. See CoMMERCE.-In• ternal improvements. With reference to governmental policy and constitutional provi• sions restrictinir taxation or the contractmg of public debts, this term means works of -general public utility -0r advantage, designed to promote facility of intercommunication, trade, and commerce, the transportation of persons and. property1 or the development of the natural resources · of tne state, such as railroads, public highways, turnpikes, and canals, bridges. the improvement, [s. 654]