 | Law - 1883 - 548 pages
...J. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — TITLE то ACT OF LEGISLATURE. — Under a constitutional provision that " every law shall embrace but one object and that shall be expressed in the title, ' it is not necessary that the title »I a charter of a railroad company, which charter contains... | |
 | Law - 1883 - 552 pages
...Dixou, J. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — TITLE TO ACT OF LEGISLATURE.— Under a constitutional provision that " every law shall embrace but one object and that shall be expressed in the title, ' it is not necessary that the title of a charter of a railroad company, which charter contains... | |
 | Louisiana - Law - 1870 - 814 pages
...enacted relating to particular or individual cases. AKT. 118. Every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title. ART. 119. No law shall be revived or amended by reference to its title; but in such case the... | |
 | Texas - Law - 1866 - 522 pages
...offices, until their successors shall be duly qualified. SEC. 24. Every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title. SEC. 25. No law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title ; but in such case the... | |
 | New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Equity - 1873 - 640 pages
...result from intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title." Now, applying these principles to the six acts enumerated above, and asking the question, do... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1874 - 904 pages
...result from intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title." The Constitution of Missouri contain-* a similar provision, with the addition, that, " if any subject embraced... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional law - 1874 - 750 pages
...makes it applicable to all bills, whether public or private. " Every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title." f And in that State also, it is held that the provision is to be liberally construed. So, where... | |
 | Texas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1874 - 728 pages
...Article of the State Constitution, Section 17, which provides "that every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace but one object. and that shall be expressed in the title." This section of the organic law has been judicially construed to be mandatory in its terms.... | |
 | California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1875 - 692 pages
...Art. 4, of the constitution which is in the following language: "Every law enacted by the legislature shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title." The Act in question was a general Act to "create Boards of Supervisors for the counties of this State,... | |
 | William J. Shaw - California - 1875 - 116 pages
...objection which I will suggest, is the section which provides that " Every law enacted by the Legislature shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title; and no law shall be revised or amended by reference to its title; but in such case the Act revised,... | |
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To avoid improper influences which may result from intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title. 
