The Arkansas banner., 1847-03-17

siie Slass of .7rkansas.n There is fiO express spsoxisi0n of ihe eoilstltasion that resolutions shall show the authority of the general assem- bly, on their face. So that IL is plain that t re- quires law to repeal law, and that res- olution could not repeal an act or destroy it's legal operation.
 Resolutions were intended, and have always been used in cases where laws would not have been proper; they aIe fre- quently passed to explain an ambiguity in the language of a law, to direct the perfor- nance of some act 10 be done in parsicu- 1 lar manner. Resolutions arc passed as ex- pressing the sense of she body passing them -as a resolution of thanks to a mcIiiorious oaicer--a resolution presenting sword 1o A. B., would require an appropriation by law to pay the expense.
 ] This famous little resolution resolves that all treasury warrants issued in pursuance ot appropriations made by this general assem- ! bly,, whether for special or general purposes shall be receivable in payment Tor all taxes levied for State purposes and for all State dues, (but it is silent on internal improve ment dacs.) There was an obvious reason for the passage of this resolution, the third section of iIie appropriation law had re- qulred all treasury warrants issued for the psvment of tue members and officers of that general assembly to be received in payment for dues to the internal improvement fund. You certainly recoiiect that il IS laid down us a legal ariom in relation to the consIruc- ton of laws, that ssiaeiasio saias ereimsio alterius," or in English, the including Of a part excludes the balance, e. g. 1f. Wat ] kins advertses that he will take State Treasu-
 " warrants a, par for all open unliqaidated accounts due hitn. Does not this amount to declaration that he will not take the war rant at par for debts due by bond.
 \ portion of the S30,000 proposed 10 be borrowed, was made expressly receivable m j payment for dues to the internal improve
 ment fund and here the general assembly
 might we'll suppose that in as much as this
 particular description of warrants were to be
 received for dues to the internal improve
 ment fund, that they might not be proper tender for taxes and other State dues, and
 hence they passed this famous little res
 olutioa to remedy that supposed evil.
 This IS what the general assembly meant by this resolution Take this construction
 and all the legislation on the subject, stands
 good, has force, effect, and meaning. The
 9th section borrows S30,000 of the internal
 improvement fund or so much thereof as
 shall be paid into the land office. h requires
 the Governor to give bond bearing interest
 10 refund the same The third section o
 the appropriation law requires that the trea' sury warrants that shall be issued to pay ihe members anG their officers, should be cer'
 tainly received for dues to the internal i'm , prosement faad, in order 10 increase the value of their warrants in tie markets, tht
 resolution requires said warrants to be re- ,ceived for taxes and all State dues. Al. though specially required to be received fo
 internal improvement dues.
 ] Now, this construction lets all stand, does no violence to the language and meauing o
 any of the provisions referred to, but carrie: out precisely what the general assembly meant.
 JOHN DOE. N.B. fl is requested of editors who have |. published the opinion of the attorney gene