The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-18
THE CAPITAL CASE
Opinion Of the Court Of Ap-
peals in Full.

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from the p"ss"Sc VI Tie ac''
On the Both day of March, 1875 an
! order of Injunction restraining the oper-
o,;, 80 u,, m. u.., ,,o1 -. r,l,,o
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EEERNoNr ARD, Vi Ihe 'Ih JUDICIAL
! Circuit, which order was made return
able before Judge SMITH, of the Kan.
awha Circuit.
On May o0,b thi. l,t,.r Jrd,a dis
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So''eu 'lc ''J"nc''on' anu al appeal WIS
/ taken from his decision, which appeal was
/ finally decided in favor of the Constitu-
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'''''"'''y Va ''0 "N' va '"' '''" VI ''
tember, as follows:
Th. ti,,o oe ,ho oct :. sur,o.el ,ocv.
-. aI.;o,, ,,.;,I, ,,o.o ~ I,ss die
i,nrtprs, Thc titl.tothe net ir Question
j. AS We have seen AN act to remove
the seat of Government temporarily to
/ Wheeling" The preamble to the act is
in these words:
.\yur,,,s uorrr K List Nich,.I
Dali. I''hn uori,rs C'o,-',,. " F.
LDeim AID Simon uorkheilncr, citizens
of Wbeeljpr have agreed to furnish the
State without cost thereto suitable nc
communications. in said city, Tor the leg-
islntive. executive and judicial depart
ments of the State, including the State
library should the seat of government
Ia, r.noy.d temporarily To sand citv; and
,.u. ,ho ,o,i.,.
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'o''' '',''"' po'-'', ,ai,, ho "o
preai'O'e c"hnot ,t.,t a''h," 'nI eh"'t'hS
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p's uouI VI ,'o' '".',, .s'''' M ,h',, ~
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I'?''e' ''iIS p '',''' Hn.D. .o."'' '""s, ~
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"ln the modern English cases It Is SAID
that the preamble may be used to ascer-
tain and tx the suIJcct matter To which
the enacliGg part Is to be applied. So
that the pervlew or body OF the act may
even be- sustained by the preamble, when
no uncertainty results. But 1t l. wei!
settled hat when tho intention oI the
legislature Is clearly explained IN the
peIyiew, the preamble shall not sustain
il, although 1t be oi huch narrower I'm.
port. Scdgwlck on the constitution OF
,tatuary, and constitutional laws, md I'D.
Pomeroy's Notes, i0. But though
the preamble cannot control the enact
Ing part OF the statute, when Is expressed
IN clear and un"inb'Gu"u- terms YET Il
any DOUBT ARISE "I I"' "o'd7 0, Tue ''-
actlhE part the P''I,'o'' n H''' D' me- Ir'.
tea 10 express It. o'., D""'' ~
After the Pr'",''o'c Ft''t't ~ ""''' '''''''s
the BODY ol the "'' "' ''''o"S'
"Br it enacted by the Legislature Of
West Virginia:
Tb,, ID, and after IN. cypfration of
ninntv davs rom and after I he passage
nf,hi: net un.i hereafter otherwise pro.
viJrd bv law the seat Of Government of
the State of West Viryiula shall be AT
~. ri,v of Whrcliur.
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P"r'o ''' INC ~! ". " " 'I,,'',C w., ca.
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'fhn'e",, '.o.uI'''S .,.;S 'us ',''''' :, 49,
ut''e ana JuuI''". G'p"' o',,I '.i'.aT', anu !"
remove Ihere'o' anu 'Hustu 10 po pl"p'.,
~ PI"ceu anu AL '''9eN' '"' 'oV", zap
ana l'oEho'o p,oPel'l, Nv" - '"o u,'T
oil Charle'loh' o'iohS'hS 10 Tue st'cr"'
State Offices !hciul'hS lhe ot"'c 4oEHIy
the SAID Henry n ti.t' Michael he''y'
John McC ufe. ueo' W. r"hZ.tiiii ana
simon horKhe'mer agreeing l" ihot'i'-
iy the State against expenses thereby IN
CURED.
Al acts ana paris o' ac!' III con
met win thG tpr"''s'"''' oi 'hI' "'' are
hereby repeated
We thIhk u unnecessary III 'niS case TO
inquire into the character ana effect oil
the agreement OF List and Others
whether the agreement rec!ted amounts
To binding contract ~nlCn COull b.