Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-06

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TIRE % anend The session. Ihat iaQi8-
lataEe paEed a. aet entitled. HAn Act
- ameDd aeetian Sc 81 chapter { q the
Code Of AaahinQtoB IeRElIoEV. e.
anend1d ard approved Nov. 81 1853 ,
No QaEssion 3 nn1o ~ 20 chAnaa ID
~ la0 il he cot 90 eRtitled IL valid.
lis inEalidity Is eonsended upon she sole
around fnaA the Iaaaialafure "a passing
IS ienoHed the eianse ~ Us Organic
Ao1, Whish provides that 80 avoid in.
| proper indneneea Which nag result
iron iu11rmixinE il the aame so sloh
thinos - hsge 20 proper Eaia1icn %
each other, every Law shall embrace bat
ons obiset and thai shall Be expressed
/ IN tbs tilis.r
Thraa Qneasiana arise. lee. What h
I the nhfeA az ne aqtf md Is tt the
only ohieatT SD. I. that obisct ex-
pFesssd IN she tiliel
Rirst-The obisoa Of the nei eisaEly h
10 change z certain portion q the pse-
existing law. OF, 10 othsF words. 10
amand q named Fection 81 that Law.
50 plainly Is this the obisat that Il is
The natural and 0bViona answer % q
question addressed % thas point.
Seeond-A bare inspection Of she mct
will tiafy any one that it has no other
obieot than tue single one Of modifying
Ire section 30 which e relates. II that
sssfion we're a0ubis, Il Is o0ntained Eco
matters having no proper rsiatisn 90
each oihsr,n and the aut sOn4ht to
amend e. te both Of those matters. thea
IL might be Justly criticized a. embFae-
inc more than o1e obisok. But the go
ton itaolk h aingla, dealing with 0n6
matter only, and consequently Il the
object Be simply 10 efooe q modihoa-
tiou of she lag regarding that matter
the object Itself e on0.n
Third-Ths title declares that tbs cot
Is . An Act b amend 80 Of The 0ods.n
Already we have sen thai the obieet Of
tie legislation is IN faca 70 amana { 50.
and the question nov 10 whether, when
The title Bata forth that unsh u the case,
the object IL @expRessed." Ina1much
e. the eRganie elauao does not 10 tsEmn
require that the object be precisely ex-
pressed, oE expressed Ia detail, eoue
altitude is left 20 the LeaislatnEe, and q
fair expression 10 . general way Of What
TIE Legislature proposes u all aafaosent.
ID IL true. that statement that the
Legislature proposes 70 amend aeaa not
give any inklinR as 10 what the amend
msnt i 10 b, further than Il ia % have
relation 10 she matter 10 be amended.
But titles 10 acts Of uRdisputed validity
are similarly retieent and obscure.
Take, Ter example, the ttllea, "An Act
relating 10 Deeds" San Act concern
ing feneea," san Act In relation 10
Licenses, An ACT 70 pay certain Ex
pansea," An Act 70 amend an Act
entitled AN Act 10 amend "a Act en-
titled an Aet 10 Incorporate The Cav Of
Seattle, approved DecombeF I'd, 1858,
appF0ved November l2th, 1915, and tue
Acla Amendatsry thereto approved No
vember Sih, 1871 and NoYembef l3lh,
1873" This last mentioned title Il ex.
actly similar IN construction 70 that OF
The act upon which she Court ia passing
with the exception that tna iaw 30 b
amended Is referred TO by title instead OF
b. symbol. Bat she references By sym
Dol " equally definite a. 30 what is in
tended 20 BE- amended, and being b 4
single section is presumably narrower
n scope. In my opinion the Fe4erenee
% $50 as fully expresses the nature Of
he leaialation ~ II q brief phrase ex-
preBsive Of the parport Of the section
had been substituted. The aign o.
symbol stand fer and mean
the sense and substance Of the part oi
the lag thereby designated, and ars
prehxed 20 that part % the Law for the
vary paFpese Of af0FdinR q brief syn
onym OF that sense. As saoh syno.
nyms, sueh symbols sFe Of habiinal
constant use 10 text books, legislative
halla and eeuFt rooms. To bold Judi
eialiy THAI Legislature 10 not at liberty
10 use thea 90 10 its titles, Woaid be II
seems 20 ne = very psdaRoRie presump
ton in Oourt.
/ Whsn . legislature By q title spsahl
Of the aes thereby prefuoed as amend
atogys e u 10 b understood as intsDd
Ing . mere amendment unless the cen
tragy appears from comparison With
the act. 4 distinction exists etwasn
amendmeat proper and ropeal ~ sub
aliiniions A true amendmant simply
alters az Qualthes the substance Of the
old law so-ealled bat false amend
ment removes the very substance itself
TIE dtaerence Il that between living
and deadly change. waxing or WaainR
and total eclipse, variation and extino-
ton. 4 title Indicative 81 z purpose 60
amend woaid nol be expressive Of the
purpose 20 displaee b. unamendstoFy
matter nor % The pQFp 90 10 repsal.
The reason given IN the organic CLAUSE
fof it, requirement In rtapaet 20 titles
was inserted doubtless that Il might Be-
considered il interpreting the require
menG 70 Il as Il Congress had said,
'fhe requirement. b 20 serve the par
pose specified, and b not 70 be stretched
beyond IL confess myself at present
utterly unable 70 sse how such q title a.
TIE title, pEsfaein9 saoh an act as the
Act, under eonai&eFa'ion could possibly
anoEd a cover for the mischief thai Con
Rseas would foressal and prevent.
30 Tar - legislative ooHrkruetiun can
b gathered from legislative pfaosies,
ne construction b. Cur Legislatures Of
ne organic clause has been alloasther
u favor q the validity Of aets entilled
like that before TIE oourA
Ihe thFee cases oited--two from New
York Us y. T., az. 50 n. T., 92al ana
one from California "a Gal, ass1 do
not aarea with one another aud Zoe Fsa.
soHing IL none 81 them Il natisfastorv
70 my mind. Il IL enough, housvsf, %
eay that fer The raaaoas have briefly
stated. I an asaidealy % opinton thsi
tee aol h dispass ID valid.
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