Hononbla Oaa. 

Comptroller of 

Austin, 'Tam 

H. Sheppard 

Publio Aooountr 
;u 426 

Honorablb Gborgo RI Shoppad, Pago 2. 

Rogulu Soaaion, ~rortdlag ror brrtala rapott 

to bo zadb by thr l rroutora and adnlnlatrato?a 

oi or8at.a ot dooodontr, and prorldhg that tha 

clrrka of Probate and County Courts shall furniah oartafn information relating to l c ta teor a 

dooodmtr to the comptrollsr of Publio hooouata, 

ror the purpose or rnablln(l him to 4rttrmlnr the 

Inheritwar tu liability of such aa estatel nnd 

dealasring aa rmugoxmy. 

Ir Soatlon 1 of Boume Bill 379 thr dracrlptlon oontalned la tha gaptlon la repwtod as followar 

9aotlon 1. That Art1010 7076, Rotiaad clrll 

Statutsa, faxas, 1925, Ti81.1 Taxe,s au4 Taxation, 

se atasnded by Saotlun 9 or sbatlon 2lb) or Senate 

all1 No. 112, Chapter 192, AoDs, 1933, Sorty-third 

Lsglalatura, rtrgulu Sea~ion, as amen404 by Soatlon 5, Rowe IS111 No. 990, Chapter 13, Aor; 1939, 

Forty-sixth Le~lalature, Regular Roadon, bo an4 

thr mm la herrby emended to mad aa followa~ 

“Artlola 7076. . .I”. 

To raellltato aa uadrratandlng of the problem lnrol+od in ymr request we aumaarlze below thr legialatlta 

history ot the various aots pertinent to your lnqulw togmthar with a skdch or the contents theroot! 

rsrla~~a rtlclo 7076. m.c.S.r ~8 enaoted in the 

i 1925 this Artlolc oontalned nenly 

a &ort protlalon oonferrlng authority to lnetltote sulta ror pmlltlea arising out 0r riolatloaa or the tax atatutoa uron tha Attornrr hnoral ana ii&w the venue or l uah sulta. 

(1) In 1933 this artlclo uaa awndrd by 

v 

or 3enate is111 W2, Chapter 

, rrotm 0r the kogular Sasalon or the 

.Fortpthird Legislature to iaolu4a 4r 

tellod prorlalona aatadlahlng a meohl nlu ror the oollertloa of delinquent 

State Saxoa by thr State Tax Hoar4. 
i 

427 

Iionorablr oeorco R. Sheppard, Paga 3. 

(2) Prior to thq passago ot tioouro Bill 

:;;,:79, mtlolr 7076 stood as 1nUloatul 

glalrtura l oroapllahod, Inter alla, two t-8: 

(ljbfh;tion 1 thrrror amen3ed Artlal. 

ndloated aboro. 

In inhwitanoa tax matters to thr camp 

troller or Publio nooounta and rixed a 

pmalt~ ior rrtiaal to oooply wlth this 

requlronant. This rjeotlon has bban liatrd 

br the publlahrra a8 Artlola 107a or Yeanon’s mnotatrd Fenal Coda. 

sixth Loglalatum amondod &motion 9 or hotion 2 (b 

ot thr 1933 hot by making alight alterationa ln tha 

wording thmreor and by providing that thr oOst of 

the lnhmrltanor tax rrporta to be aubrittrd by oounty 

alrrka bo tax.4 as par$ of thr ooata oi the probato 

oourt. This hot In no way rrrerred to or airooted 

nrtlolr 7076. After this aamdaent the law ralatlte 

to lnhrrltanoo tax rqorta remlard statlo until the 

paaoage or Rooar Bill 379. 

above, but the 804~ or thr Ao t l r r 00ta ttio subalasion ot’ iiIbrltanc0 trx reports by r@qtiria( 

that l xaoutora and a4mialatntora aubalt outala 
Zoaorable Ooorqr !I. Shoppar&, Page b* 

raporta to the county olarka l d by romaatln~ 

In a rllghtlJ altorad rorr the prootialonr or thr 

1333 Aot and its 1939 amoadmnt rolatl+o to the 

rorwardlng of reports to thr Coaptrollarr Thla 

*ot in no way rerera to ot ~nrolraa oolIaoUoa8 

0r drllnquant tuos or parultlaa of the trpe 

oovrrod by Article 7076. 

fhua 16 mill be l ooa t&t Zfooao is111 379 purport* 

to .awua Artiole 7076 as aRetided b abetion 9 or Sub-aaotloa 2(b) or a 1933 hot and 8a at8 i n l mmdr d by a 1939 Lot, 

whrraqa In raot Artlalr 7076 was woadod by oeotloa 1 ot 

the 15133 Aot an4 was oorrr-aaiondbd id 1939. Yorootu, altho 

T 

the aubfaot 4erU with in Rousa 31lJ. 379 la l ntiroly 

lore &a to the ruttarr harotoloro tra,ated la rrtlslo 7076, 

the subject of this Pill la ldantlo.al with that oontrinrd 

in 3actlon 9 or ::ub-aootloni(b) or the 1933 rot l nU In the 

oltad 1939 Aot. In this SSSaSlOUS altuation you a8k that 

we aaosrtoln the validity and Hreot or Ilou 8111 379. 

Although wo hwr iooa4 no drolalon Oi a Tuaa 

court ooraring a altuatlon or thla kind, wo tee1 that the 

prinolplra heratororw rmouuoad by our oourte, wbUP eou 1~4 

with 4oalalona b-06 other jurlaUlotiona, arrord l l olut P on 

to this groblam. 

sootion 35 or hrtiela sxx 0r our Coaatltutioa 

provfdbai 

*IJo bill, (OXOOpt igw~81 SPprOpri~tlOn bills, 

rbloh mar l mbraoo the rrr lo ul ubJoat8 a and aooounta 

ror and oa l oaount ot whloh moneys a ro l pproprlatrdf 

shall oontaln non thla one l ubJoot wbioh shall be 

l xpraaabd In lta title. But ii aat rubjeot shall bo 

ambftoe4 in an sot, whloh shall not br 8xpnaaod in 

the title, ruoh rat shall bo mid onlr as to l o muoh 

thuaof, as shall not be 83 l x P ~Wa d~* 

In iingllah k yoottlah American Sort a<-., and Int4atrant Con any v. Awby, 93 9!ax. 289, $5 8.S. 

Court aa P d or this prorlrlonl 

1 t 9, OPI Sup?m* 
fionomblr ooorgo LI. Shoppud, Fwgo 5. 

*Th* objoot ot the raqoMm8at t&t tho subjoot of u rot .hould bo .t.to& la it8 tit10 18 

rim ly to dlrrot 

le&l.684 UQOU.~ 

mttontlon to the rubjrot to b. 

Other oourh. in thl. Gtuto hrto b4olar.d that the 

purporr or 8 08ptlon la to n0tlrr all ooa08rn0d or the 800pr 

of thr .ot st.plo. v. llirby Potrolou Corn 

thrt the titl. .hopl4 b. .rrfTlolont to .dr r 

re 250 0.g.293, 

6. the l~gl,l~tur., 

l 8 well l 8 w other reador, OS tha contoatr or tho aot Booth 

v. Beard or Mu0di0n, 70 u* II. {id) 350 (dlrri~rod), t&at 

the oaptlon rhopld aamo the purpor.r of tha sot, Lldrlbgo v. 

Jlldridgr, 259 5.W. 209, l atl that u 08ptlon mat dlr8ot eatentlon to tho rubJ.ot matter of thm .ot Prorldonoe lrrhlngton 

1n~ura.o. Cmpany vm L.ry, 169 8.N. 1635, nronod on other 

groundl, 222 9.V. 216. tlnall~, in doteraining the .ufrlolono~ 

ot a orptlon our oourt. h.ro 88ld th.t my doubt. 111 bo 

reaolrod in taror or the nll8lty oi tho at&&o. 39 Pat. 

Jur. I 36 rnd OIBOI oitod thorola. 

Ia Yt.to v* Cro.8, 29 S. S. 527 (Ff.Pa.1, an sot 

br ltr torma uaon4.d and noruotod Seotlon 2 ot Clmptor 

112 ot the vort Vir&lnl. codr ml mube no mention or SOotlon 11 of tho 8.mo Chrptbr. 938 8ubjoot sutter of tho 

sot war for&n to Ybotloo 2 but uanr blos8ly rolatod to 

Jeotiun 11. Xn holding thut tha act aotually rmondod Seatlon 11 and in no uay 8ftmot.d mation 2 the Court &.A: 

'A8 to ohaptar b9, Aot. 1697, it l ppoarr 

to P. to be IsportMt to rem to th. r80t thrt 

it 8aml. aad rr-.aaote rootlo. 2 of ohaptrr 112 

of thr coil. inntoad of 8ootlon 11. Thl. mlanmdag 

or the ..odon lr olorloil error. b* look 8t the 

lnt.nt of tho lo 

f 

irl.ture in . glt8o sot a8 wo 

do thr mot ot pr veto part188 in 8 &rod. 'WI look 

l t tho l&Bl.tiOB in thi8 mot, and W. MO 91dIk4 

that it relater to rortlon 11 of the Oodo or 1891, 

and ha8 not tha rdnta8t r8rerrno8 to cho matter 

or .wloa 2. iv. IO. that thr lntrnt ~88 to 18glriat. UpOU thm 8UbjOOC Ot l p.Oiil JUd6.8, .Ot UpO. 

tho rubjoot 0r tie juri.dlotlon or olmuit oourt8, 

wbioh 1. the rubbjmt ot .ootlos 2. Ph. 1o~lrlrturo 

did not lntond to rip8 out that important sootloa 

2. It bar merely orrml ln glvlng thr numbrr at the 
I Hononbl. ooor(l. n. &hrpp.rd, P.go 6. 

rootlO. lntandod 60 ba 88trA on. 'Chat would be 

i8l.m d.nOB.tr.tiO, tml.. d.morlptlon, whioh 

la alway. rojeotod rhoa other uttor of thm 

l ot or drod or other lartrumant rpmkr tho 

roe1 purport. Thr aot ettootr reotfoa 11, not 

rootloa 2, 0r ohmptrr ll2.9 

Ia Lowell v* w..blngton Qouutf Ky. co., 37 AU. 

869, .a mot w.. puwed to .ttonA tho tla. ror tho loamtlon 

MA oon.trUotlon Of ‘tho W..hln&oa CoU.tr K.ilr.aA cO8lpaly, 

lnoorgorutad undsr oheptw tltt;l-tour of the %i+sta Lot8 

or s’1ght.e. Ii\mdred and xlnoty Thr.V. Aota.11~ the wallray Ooap8a~ had boon laoorpontod uador Ohaptor 454 of ah. 

1893 Aotm. In holdlag that the error r0u.M be tUrnregarded 

and that aho .trtut.woulA be read .B it It ac1uallf rePerred to the oorroot Chapter thr oourt mold: 

“It ~111 br notlood that t IO a0t 0r 1895 

rorsrr to chr orlglarl ohmgtsr 

whoa it mhould h8ro boma 454. 8 

to ohaptor Sk, 

l.ptor 51 Wm. 

u4 mot la rogsrd to laroen7. t3u c tho aot oxtoad8 the tlm8 for tho cOn8truo ilon or tho 

'aarhlngtoa County a.11ro.d Co. my lnoorpo- 

-ted 1B 1893. The 001~ BOO Of .noorpor8tloa 

of the narhlngtoa County RallrO td Coapra~ la 

that par vaa by ohaptrr 454. T m lattor oat 

ldeatlrlos the rallro.d, 00 IWJE .ae; an4 it 

would bo puerile to hold t&t, mcauao 0r 

th. 8i6t.k.a aU8kb.r Of the oh.p 

aot did not apply to the origin 

ier, th. 1at.r 

11 charter of 

1893.” 

Slailsr oorreetion. hato broa MAO 4th respoot 

to error. ooourrlng la the tltla of a bill, .mpoolall~ in 

sltuatloar whtr. tha 8181. oontalam sorroct a. ml1 aa inoorroat r~rersaoer to the subJ.ot MA objaot of.#o rat. 

In .uch sltuatlonm tho aourta in obher Jurirdlotionm have 

held with unlfornlt~ that th. lacorrsot portion of the 

tit10 muy b0 dlsrogaraod a. rur9llu8a6v proribod tbo corroct portlon8, l t..dlng by th8a8olv.r <r 

of the aaturo and l oopo of tho .ot, do 

am lo aotloe 

rollow P ng 

aaoh from a Jurlmdletlon 9omromsin~ oomtitutioaal 

888e8, 

viaion tirtt&lIy lbmtloal-with thorm ia Texam, &&at* 

: 

43q 
431 

BOnOmblo Ooorgo 8. shoppara, Pa&o 7 

ah18 prlariplmc 

In Poop10 vm Poaaun 110 S.t. 894 (Ill.) the 

loglmlmturo prroa a bill ontitled “Aa l ot to amoad 

8ootion 7 0t chapter 37 0r an 806 riIiB6 the toam8 

or holding oourt i8 the rovornl ~udlolml olroultr or 

tho rtatm of Illloolr, l xolrulro or cook oouatr, approved Juw 11, 1897, and la tom. July 1, 1697.” 

hotuallr the l ot in quoatlon ~88 not l ub-dlrlA8d lnta 

ohaptorm and ror thlm roamon the tltlo we8 attaokod 

am la8uttlolont l n~~aioloadlaa. In upholdlos tho ourrloloaoy or the tltla the aourt aald~ 

*It 18 00nt0nd04 thut the tit1a to this 

806 purported to amend a part of (L chapter 

which did not ax186 in tho aot, and that tho 

mot ltme~f did mot idontir~ any portion or 8n 

brirtlng not and wao therororo Invalid. The 

title of the l ot doe8 not purport to quotr thr 

title of the p~tloum mot, thou&b it door rotor oorreatly to ah. 806 or 1897 by it. rubjmot arid the dato of It8 approval. It reform 

to ahpter 37 when thrro ir no ohmptor 37 10 

tho Rot. l%o oml8sloa or tho words ‘or ohaptor 

3~loator a oormot roformnor to tho sot latandod to be l no mlo d. The rulo for the yldanoo 

of oourtr in ruoh a omme la to aroortalo tho 

lntoatlon of UN .Loglalatum, and not It8 airtakos l lthor 88 to lar or ractr. *ho oalr quortlon 18, baa tho Lo$lrlsturo exprmrred ltr purporr lntmlllgontlft It it ham, the l o t 1 8 WI4 

and mum6 bo uphold. Pattoa f. People, 229 Ill. 

512, 62 N. 8. 386; People v* Vaa Beter, 248 

Ill. 136, 93 111. E. 725. fa the latter 0860 tho 

amoadatory l otmm oatltla4 *An l ot to mead the 

Crlainal Code,’ whllo tho aot rough8 to bo amond04 warn catltlod *An act to rctlso tho Law la rolatloa to orleiaal J~rls9r~d.n00,~ oto., MA tho 

ameadatory 806 rar ru8talnmd. In Otlr T. Pooplo, 

196 111. 542, 63 n. z. 1053, aho tit18 WM, 

i 
432 

Baaorablo -org. 8. Slloppard, Peg8 8 

AA r o t to SaOAd l rtlole 6, rrotloa 202, 

or aa act l atltlod *aa l ot to establlah l aa 

malntala a rr8t.a 0r free mhool8’. 

Thor8 war no l ootloa 202 la thr latter eat, 

that aumbrr hrrla( bwa girra to rrotlon 1 of artiolo 

6 of the l ot to rrtabllrh and arilataln a aptor ot 

ir8e achoolr, la a prlvato publioatloA la genotal 

~80 throughout thr rtato, known an ‘Starr & Curtla* 

AnaOtetaa st4tUtOs.' The LSg i8iStWU?S8 8 l tia OAtl? 

nlrlea tharcby to rrfrr to thr arotloa aa l rotloa 

202. It wae hold that the amber '202 Qnlght bo rmgarded as 8utplu8ag8 ia dot8rmiAiAg whether thm 

amoAdatOq sot was in foroe. So here, thr word8 

'of chapter If,‘, whloh l rldantly rarerrab to tha 

ohapter iA 8urd*r Statutea upoa tho subjrrt of oourte), 

must be rejootsd. My so doing the title rafwa to 

SeOtiOA 7 of SA aot sirlag the terma ot holdi- oourt 

in the seroral judlolal olroultn, approtoa Juno 11, 

1897. Thla fully dasorlb88 the sot by lta l ubjoot 

and the datr oi lta l pproral,aad leavrs AO doubt 

of the lnteatlon of thr kgi8latur8. The objratloa 

to th8 mtatuta oannot be l uetelzed.m 

In State ?. Yarmaater, 96 Pao. 1017 (Zaah.), aa 

l ttaok :~a8 aad upoa *A (rot entitlea *An act amaadlag 8a 

aot l ntltled, *Aa l ot to amand 8eotloa 3 oi ohaptor 83 of 

the laws of 1697 relating to rateaua and taxa,tloa’w. The 

;:zoz;he oaptloa aad lta raault are thur dlroursed br 

"If it la neornsary to pw rtrlot rigard to 

everything OoAtaiAed la thla title, thaa lt 1s alagularly latoltea. kerrron to obapter 83, p. 221, 

ot the mua or 1897, to uhloh the title rater8 a8 thr 

16~ amended by thk sot, a;4010804 that it trrata or 

momaonta and notlora upon rialng olalma. It lr mudfast that the ?ateroaoo to the foc#r 8tatute 18 a 

pura error, a~ the two aotm rulata to aobjaata entlrolr reparat~ and dlrtiaot. The title boo@, however, rurther stat. the lubjaat a8 *relatlna to 

retsitue and tarcltloa * and the body of the l bt 

olearly and ruoolnatb treats of that aubJ*ot alone. 
Xoaorable Goorue~H. Sheppard, Pago 9. 

The rub~aot of l xsmptloa frca taxation treated 

la the body of the sot 18 lnoluded la thr @aoral 

rubjrot Sp~OiriOd la the title. Ife think th o l rroneou8 rrfereaor to the tomar rtatuto mu88 be trratl d as more rUrp1uaag8, sad, lmaauoh 84 without that 

part of t ho tltlotherr lr a olrarlr atatrd and single 

aubjrot whloh 18 iollow4C by a olear treatnaat of 

th a l t ubjeat la the sot llarlf, the statute beeomea 

an ladrpeadeat oae and has ths erreot of SJMdlIIg 

any l rlrtlng atatuto upon the SubJeot an& of awpeallrq by lapllaatloh 8Ay prarloualy orlsting prorlaloa8 iA 00nril08 with it. we thorefon hold that 

the sot la not iarelld by reason of lte tltlr.* 

Psrhapm mO*t 010801y related to the instant qurstlon 

is the sltuatloa preaeated la ni8ooAala River ImprOtemeat Cornpany t. Pier, 118 N.W. 857 (ala.). IA UPholdlag the rufficlenop of the oaptloa ot aa sot entitled .An rot to anond 

oh3pter 171 of thw Privets and Looal Laws or 1866 l ntltlod 

*AA Aot to lAoorporate ths iTl8oonaln nltor fmprotemat Company And to aarad ohapter 296 of thr Law8 of 1876 as8Adato~ 

thereof * w, the oourt aalbl 

Whaptor 171, p. 343 Frlr. & Loo. Laws 1866, 

18 not eatltlrd, 'Aa sot to hoor:orate the %lroonela River Isproteasat Conpray,* 3008 not tolate to that subject at all, but 18 an sot to 

nuthorim the town of Qrlngfleld, Dana County, 

:Jla., to ratablleh and maintaia a hlFJJ aohool. 

Chapter 298, p. 644, 0t th8 La338 of 1876, oomtalaa in Its title the same erroaeous rerrroaosr 

t0 Ohapter 171 Of th8 Frirate Snb LOOS1 IAwR Of 

1~68, but also purports to amend ohapter 171 

p. 313, of thr Prlrate and Loos1 Laws of 186&, 

whioh last-contloaed sot is eatltlrd ‘An sot 

to amend ohapter 30 of tho Privet8 and Loos1 ~+IWS 

0r 185) entitled, -AA act to lAoorporat8 ths 

Wlsoonrla River Improvsment Compaq." In the 

body of the last-meAtioArd act the OOrpOrStlOA 

la, howarsr, deaorlbed as the tVlacon0la Riv0r 

Iraprotsmant Company. Them MS a statute of 1866 

anondlag the oharter or the ‘Ul8ooaala Rlrrr Im rovement Compaay, but It was ohaptcr 39b, p. 925, %- 

stead of ohapter 171jao, also, therr was a rtatute numbered 171 l moabiag thr oharter, but it 

~15s enaoted la 1866 aa atorossid, sod not in 1868. 
Honorable more@ 8. shsppard, Pam 10. 

*It till thus be soea that la thr title to 

the SOt O? 1800 thon 181 TirSt, a id80 d@SOrip 

tioa or obdptrr lT1, Prlr. a LOO. Law lade; OSOoad a 0orrOot 6OSO~ptiOa of ohaptot 896 Larr 

1878, uhloh latter ooatalnr a ialso deaorfptlon~ 

and, third, a oomot derorlgtloa ot the rubjrot 

of the law sought to bo l mea a raa s, *An a08 to 

laoorporatr the 7rl8ooa8la Bftrr Improtamat aupant.'. . . . Asaumi 

"f' 

without a00iab6, that 

the sot Of .1&30 is pr rate or 10041, is the r@bjOOt 

Of that 8Ot l X~~88Od in the tith? Th9 rubjeot Of 

the sot is aa amondmat to the ohnrtsr of the al8oonrin l?iVSr Immprotomat Comma by Ooair?dU& thanon 

the poTsr8 afor~8aid. Th@ t I tie rrpr*rrl~ drolare8 

that 18 la to 8mwM a law l titled, 'An sot to lnaorporat@ tbo W~SOOAS~~ Biter Improvement Company,* 

but d68oribe8 the latter rtatutr, whloh it purports 

to amrad, iaoorrootl 

ai' 

by nfermoe to the ohaptor 

aumber of the sot 8 the ysar of its passage. 

Them la la thlr ray a reteroAoe in the tl tls of 

the SOt to it8 Subj.08, but OOUph& with l fSl88 

a~aorlptloa. Two veq aaolont naxima or the ocmmo~ 

law an applloabl*: 'raIDa d8roa8tretlo noa n004t.' 

Broom'8 Le al tlaxinr (7th Ita.) 629 IMrg. 08 Sea. 

*lJtlYFer & aatlla Aoa tlt1atur.q Id. 627; Iiadlaoa, 

etc., CO. 1. ROyZlO148, s $18. 287; 261 A. & It. 

?.noy. 0s Law, pp. SW-!%383. 

-Applylag anothrr test, it aem6 to u8 that 

any one re$dltIg thl8 tith rould br at on00 lnformed that it OXprOSSOd the rubjaot or thr sot, 

whloh is 8a uendmsat to an sot laoorporatln& 

tho xl8oon8ln River Improvement comp4n~ ma elm 

an ameandrwat to aa l mandaeat 0r thd sot. Upon 

iurthar laqulry he would find that thr statute 

of 186ll referd to la the tlt1a OC the sot of 

1880 was not entitled as aerorlb84 in thr tit18 

of the sot or 1880; but thr aam0 lnta8tla~ion 

would brlag hti to ohapter 298, Laws 1876, uhloh 

r0uia airs08 U to ths orlglnal laoorporatlon 

sot, nrmrly, ahapter 30, p. 48, 0s the Prlratr 

l rd Loos1 bWf8 Of 1883. ThnS ha rho MdO a0 1:. 

rertl~atloa. but hoard the title reaa, WoUla b 
435 

larn. 

X0 ire1 that thma aasea oontrol our pnnnt probHOU.MB~~~ 379 00ntained: (a) a ia00m0t wtemn00 

to xrtIole 7096, jadglng from the dI8aImllrrIty la rubjeot 

3mttbr 0r the m~u Bill s0a the Artloirl (b) A oorroot Mfueooe to a 19s A8t and a 1959 iot amendatorr thmof, 

Judgl~’ from tb riailulty of 8ubj8ot matter; (a) Indopendent of the refannoor to pmoodlag statutes, a true 

and full drrorlption of tha tcattor8 treated in thr boar 

of the Bill. The situation fall8 well clthln the Met of 

the :‘;iroonsIn oam. Re who rrado only tha tltlo I8 fully 

apprised o? the aotual subjaot of thr bill ana la In no 

way nlaled by the orroa~~ nhzenoo to Artlolr 70761 

hs who Inve8tI~t~8 thr aotr erntianod will qulokly dloem the InoamI8tono~ In the title and ea.mot fail to 

rooognlm thm error thereIn made. Indeed, the Izmtant 

situation I8 stronger than tha one presented In the 

::isoansin oasd Siam ffw8e El11 379 OOntain8 tno oorwot 

referenoer to prsosding atatute8 In addition to a true 

and full d8soriptioa of ths oubjeot matter of the Dill. 

a4 fUrthOr OOIl8idWlLtibll bUttP386.8 this 005. 

clueion. Sootion 36 of Artlalo III or our conatItutIon 

pXWidO8t 

‘Ho law shall 8e rerlred or amended by refemaoo to Its title but In 8uoh o esm th r l Ot 

ravlvsd, or tha soot 1 on OP 8aotionS afmndrd, 8M1 

be rs-snaoted and pttbllshod at length.* 

Yomoler, wbn M saended Iltatute, or a portion 

thereof, la re-mnaoted and re-published it I@ rottlmd that 

the re-onaoted law 8up*roeder the orI~Ina1 oot and that suah 

law alone OOn8titUta8 an opentiV0 part of the ~uriaprudanoo 
Honomblo aoorgr Il. Sheppard, Page 12. 

of thil 9tato. 39 Tbx. Ju. ( 6b. It I8 00&011 ImOwlrdgo 

thr!t Ia mOSt in8tUOb8 th.8. ?abtS makr lUUl88088S~ S 

roterrnor to any but the lamt in a 8&@8 or uondatory 

atlitutea -a that lt i8 thr mm1 prmotloe er legl8latorr 

and 1SWyOr8 to rS?S? only to l uoh 8tStUtS. Beaetu. ot thle 

WI fO.1 that 50 Qi8hSdiSg SitSOt OSll ?iOW fi@S thS UFOncoua rofrnnoe to Artiola 7076 8inOS the mention of Its 

two 8ztioadmentr will aerlo to dlreet the attention o? Intersrtba parson8 only to the latter OS these two aaraambat8, ana ruoh l mmndmbat oorreotly iaai0atr8 thr eubjeot 

of thr lnatant Bill, 

Conrrqurat1~, 10 r0ei that the rbrubn00 to 

Xrtlclo 7076 should bo regarded as eurplueade end that 

Houso Bill 379 18 pPopb?lY rmgardba 88 eaendlag the 

olted FOrtiOa or the 1933 Aot a8 euoh portloa am8 itre1r 

later emended by the 1939 rot. It will be a&lard that 

l? the retereace to ArtiO1. 7076 I8 atruok out a8 SUFr1S8- 

CJO, the cited portion of the 1933 iat ~111 remain doalgnated a8 an emeadment whereas in fsot it aaeadrd aothlag 

ad originally eoaetltuted new a53 15a0pOndO5t loglal~tloa 

U;:On the 8UbjOOt O? iBhSFit6BOS tSX rS@rtS. ‘ffS SSS BO 

vi08 iu ruoh d88i@latiOlh Ia Sob12 Vo ‘ROOle~, 41 AU. 

939 (N.J.) SD A8t Or 1892 UP8 MtitlOa "A rUthO? 8UPpi@- 

lpsnt to e8 aot ontitled *An rot to protrot Wad0 3ark8 

ana labolr.* In 1695 8 further sot VIOS entitled :ra act 

to amend: an Sot bBt;tlbd ‘A further SUpplMbfIt., bto.'" 

In upholdlag both of thba. Aota the court 8@idl 

‘:Tho QWitiOB still NSSiSa, (988 thS tit10 ni8- 

leading a8 to thr objeat of th8 sot? Did not 

thb tith, ill spit* Of it8 fShS SSSUptiOn Of 

thr bxiatenoe of S prior atatuta, talrly exprr88 the ObjSOt O? f&S pTOpO8Od lbghhtiOB? 

On reetllng the aot ltrlll br poroelrbd that 

it8 obfeot I8 to rOtSSt tradb-marka and l8bal8, 

and that fOP thla pUQO8b it la l 006plet~ 8Bd 

iodepe&Jent bnaotabnt. To l xprees that obb)eot 

in thr titiS, 50 p6FtiCUb.F fOXYU Or WOrd8 I8 

rbQtirSd,’ llOr 18 it BSCSS8Sr~ that th0 objeot 

would be rrprasrrd with p+eoIaioa. ;t 18 

enough it th0 titlb be 80 ghraaml “oo)“,&- 

fom the 1@8htOP8 8Bb t b pub110 
Rowmblo Ooorge w. Shbppa?d, Pa60 13. 

aub)aot-matter Of the 80%. h8 W88 said by 

Mr. Jortlob Dopw ln Urorar t. IJbb8a Urorb, 

55 I. J. Law, 399, b Oo I, l Thb atatiard unliOrdly adoptma ror bbtbrJEiniii@ rhbthbr th0 

lbgl8laturb her oompllbd alththr oon<atioM1 rrqdrbmbnt 18 whathtr thb tltl, o? thb 

aot 18 auoh that by it tho moabua of thb lrgi8bhlFb an iniOrIB8d Of th. 8UbjObt to whloh 

thr l ot rrlatr8, and the pub110 notifloa or thr 

kind o? lrglrlbtloa that Is bbIng oon8laarba.* 

Bcm8t.d v. Go~b?a, 47 1. J. Law, 366, 1 Atl. 

6351 on UPOF, b6 I. J. Law, 612, 9 Atl. 577. 

TO8t.d by this btMdar&, tho8b tit108 abb1 to 

80 8U??fiOiOZIt. ThOy OlObd~ indiOaC0 thbt ?Ji0 

rubjoat 0r logl8lbtIoa 18 tradb-mark8 and lbbalr, and that the pOrgOS8 18 to protrot thorn. 

‘PTUm, they Stat. that this 18 to bb done in 

thb rorm or rupplsmants, but that dome not 

affbot thb objeot ot the atatutra. In our l#glrlatloa l for681 mpplemeat to an aat lb not 

nSOrSrSri1y S 8tStUtO whloh 8Upp1iba dCI?OOt8 

la ltr prSBaobaSor. It may bb one that l brogates thm pr*abdlng 8aa~tmoata and 8Ub8ti- 

. 

.tutbr radloblly 6lfferbat prow 5 aloaa. X*abo 

tho nmr* oblllng or 8n sot a supplrmuit to 

aqothsr db8l~netbd l o t 8xprmraba nothing or 

it8 obfoot. Thw, it the title wore, ‘A aupplsmoat to arromblr bill No. 10, whloh bboM0 

a law on July 4, 1676,* the oon8tltutlonal 

~aireaant wopld not bo aatIr?Ira, tooau88 

tho tftlb would not nt all rrprear the objbot, Whi18 the titl8, ‘An aOt t0 dOfiQb 

aoro l oouratrlt thr orlmb of aardb~ or the 

tiF8t aegPb0,’ YOtid ?tiy OXprOSs thb 

objrot, althou& thb sot, la form and rub8taab0, rbrb only a rupplbmont to saotIon 66 

of thr oriaar sot. Xatitlhg an act b rupplomoat to a ronor sot @Olr:,11b8 with thb OOn8titutioa only when 80 maoh o? thb orl6Iaal title 

18 Pboi8Cd a8 bIprb88bl thb objeot Ot the pmpo6.d law and, ii that objeot bb bW8880dr 

thb 0058t 1 tUtlOO dOb8 not dotoat the StStUtS 

mbroly bboaU8S it 18 l rroa*oualy 8tribd a 8Upplament. .i?b thonrorq oonoludb that throb l ot8 

aro t*llll, 8crar l 8 they err libCb8SbrT to 8U8- 

taln the ooaplaiarnt'8 Bill.' 
, 

_. 438 

uOF8OTW, 88 iII the 8itU8tiOn dhOU888e 8bOll, 

thr 8ttOntiOn Of 8w :EtW8St@b pOr8On WOtid b8 dir88t8d 

mi,l;th@ 1933 AM b9) trth8r t0 thr 1939 hot 8IwBd8tOTy 

. 

In 8eoord8noo rlth thrs. prlnol~l88, you 8?8 

ZO8&MOtftily 8dVia8dt (8) Th8t iiOU8. Bill 379 18 8 Ttiid 

8Ot liOtllith8t8ndil&~ the hOOB8i8tOB8j iR it.8 tit1.i b Th8t HoUse Mill 379 in DO W8l 8ffMt8 A?$:018 70761 II 0 th8t HOPDO Bill 379 8BOBd8 the otted POrtiOB Of the !933 

Act C8 amondrd by the 1939 Aot. 

fn U?lTiB# 8t th88. 8OaOlU8iOB8 3rO 8rO not 

ua8waro of the 8880 of &at8 T. St8t8, 54 5.W. (?a) 130 

(Cr. AD&B.), but W8 OOn8id8r raoh 0800 t0 be ins~pliO8blO 

hero b888U8. the O?rOll.OU# rOf8?8a@O thrroin ioTolT8d 

8tood Unoorr8Oted br 8Ub8aqUant QOrtiOB8 OS th8 8Ot therr 

U'iOl' OOn8idW8tiOn. 

Trusting that 

%ILrjUiTiclS, '~8 8r8 

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