The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-18

gave no lnOmatlOni ana also 10 slop inc
. vicious and Corruptive system of 'lor-
rolling and to prevent the conjoining in
the same act of incongruous matters and
of subjects having no legitimate connec-
tion or relation to each other; and if the
title of an original act is sufi-
cient to embrace the provisions
+ contained in al amendatory act, it will
be good, and il need not be inquired
whether the title of the amendatorv act
would of itself be sutticient. 1t is PLAIN,
however, that the Use of the words "other
purposes which have been extensively
used IN the title TO acts 10 cover any and
everything, whether connected with the
main question indicated by the til.e or
not, can no longer be Of any avail. Il
will be observed that there is very great
similarity between the section Of the Mis-
souri, Constitution and the section Of our
constitution under consideration. Per
haps it may be safely said that in sub
stance there is no material difference. 1t
appears to Us from the authorities above
quoted and cited, that in considering
whether AN act of the Legislature Is re-
pusnaut t. the said 3Oth section of the
9TH article of our State Constitution, the
said section must be construed literally
in favor OF the gct-that it is the duty of
the court in considering whetner the OBJ
ject OF the act Is expressed in the title to
bear in favor OF sustaining the validity
of the act, and to declare Its validity uR-
less lis unconslitutionality is established
and made manifest and clear beyond all
reasonable doubt.
1t is the general object
of the act of which this
section ot the constitution speaks. II
this section of the constitution were to
receive from the court strict technical
construction 1t is manifest that cnor-
nous evil and injury would result
many of the most important acts OF leg
is!ation-acts involving rights of proper
~ would be stricken down by the
courts. The enormous evils that would
result from construction would
far overba!lancc any good to be derived
thcrcirom \ most liberal construction
of the section in favor Of acts OF The leg
i,la.ure will secure the general object
and purpose Of the section and any
otncr construction would be disastrous
in the extreme As We have seen III
IN the statement of this case, sec. -,
/ article 4 q. the constitution Of this state
of 1873 provided that the seat OF Govern
ment shall be at Wheeling until per
manent seat Of Government be establish
ed by law. 1t is u part et the history OF
/ the state that the seat OF Government
! did remain in TIL city of Wheeling
until it was removed thcrefrom
: by virtue Of the provisions of an act of
. TN, LEGISLATURE passed February 29.h,
Is6s chapter -, entitled, An act per-
rnuncntly locating the seat of govern
/ men. for this STATE. This act provided
in It's first section that the permanent
seat of government for this State Is mere
bv located at the town of Charleston in
the county of Kanawha.' The act took
tic t on the tr,t day Of April, 1870. The
Constitution oI the State Of 1872 In the
10th section OF article i, provides that
the seat OF Government shall be at
Char.rrtou, until otherwise provided By
law |, vii. be observed that the word
trmporGriy is employed IN the title of
the act OF February 2Oth, 1870, in the
same connection, except As to place, rs
the word permanent Is employed IN the
tltlc of the act permanently locating the
sat Of government The title of the
,rt i. AN net to remove the seat Of gov
crrmrrt temporarily to Wheeling The
preamble to the act Is: Nv hcrcaS,
Henry X. List, Michael Rieley, John
Mcclure, George ". Franzhcim and >
Horkheimcr, citizens OF Wheeling, have
agreed To- furnish the State, without cost
thereto, suitable accommodations, III said
city. for the legislative, executive and
judicial departments of the State, lnCluI-
inc the State library, should the seat ot
/ government OF the state hc
| removed temporarily To said city, and
Whereas il appears 10 the Legislature
that the Capital OF the State should be To-
Gated at a more accessible point; there
fore Then follows the cuactiug clause:
4 BE it enacted by the Legislature of West
. virginia: /. That on and after tn" "N-
piratron of ninety days from and after
F The passage OF this Act until hereafter
otherwise prescribed ty law, the seat Of
Government OF the State of West ' IT.
giuIa shall ne nj the city of Wheeling
Nc. We think the word t'1DpOrarbN
under the rules He have quoted IN re!a-
ton To- cOuStrL NJ the wO-dS OF Il statut"
was used and cmp,oved in TIE title OF tho
.rt In lis most familiar Specification and
import. or natural and ordinary meaning
and in contradiction TO pcrmPntIt
or any definite period of time
and not in technical sense. Statute
laws are written 10 be understood
by thcpeople OF the State, for " hose
Government they are enacted. And gen
orally it, interpreting the language en-
p.ryrd in IN act of the legislature, the
language employed, as We have seen,
should bo construed according 10 It's or
binary meaning. If We turn to the die
tf,nar.rs, We find that Daniel Webster
in hi, edition of his unabridged work of
$50. the latest to which We now have
access. defines the word temporary
thus: Lasting for time only; exist
my or continuing for a limited time; rs
tn. "a, cnt has obtained temporary relletj
Ia, re O., II temporary cessation OF ho,tlll-
ties; there Is temporary supply OF pro-
visions. In times OF great danger Rome
appointed Il temporary Dictator. These
are all the definitions and illustrations Of
the word gwen 10y Webster. Doctor
/ Worcester, in the edition OF his work of
/ 1870 defines the word temporary sub
stau'ia!ly the same. thus: Lasting for "A
/ limited tune; not of long duration; only
for "a limited time; transltory.' 1t will
be- observed that nearly all these are sep
u-atr definitions, and nearly all of them
clearly indicate All underlined period of
time.
liza Physician says, the patient has
received temporary relief he means that
the patient has obtained such relief for an
indefinite time, which may be determined
by q future uncertain contingency. 80,
when a general speaks o; temporary
cessation of hostilties,' though IN some
cases the time may be prescribed, IN 9TH
prs il is often indefinite. These dennl-
tIons are examples of the word tempo
.ffN-