The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-31
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Tile amendment wa u greed to.s ".
ris was al tat was sud t,,, Correspondents, lp ny, :
a tiH5a q tp'y Announcement W nv
The court wii3hotice tint It was stated
TINT the Commissioner d. Insurance. wi w
S tlns t.egisaiura wts to have III thls, re.
gard IN free hand, nhd viii, THIS viosy
aiid for this purpose, the uiileilu = y
va,s ndopted z, /. !. u = !, ! ", ~
given N laws is Of great assistance IA IN
see ivhcats IS. sol Cohen W. Y, /. VIZ y, /.
gnl jugs Marsn III Saas 4is
says: creat weight lns ways beet, !, 4, at
itnclled, md very rightly nttncl,ed, at t.
.coi,teinporaneousl oxposit Ion. ' And 4 u here
the Rfa nrnvl s,on
was that tic fofllcer In qucston was not
~ be d. constit otlccr. and q that
thu Legisl,a,t,ure wa '' to ne left "a
4fVe Submit that tic officers who were
mentioned IN tile provision Of tho Con-
istituti on, were to be 8 ny
the Coti,ir ssio were con n.
,icftN with Ihcn,.T IL they were denied the
bower 10 designat tho chief 81 officer
OF the Blirenu Of 1nsurnnc he ~ ~ w Was
N. SsN..The 4 cot,nectio and position In
which tic word ''ofllceri5A Is used IN the
provision u tic ution shows tint
ot INTENDED h to Bnpsaa aG 1nsu
Tile ianguages is THE comm ssio1I,,!s =
Shall have ono clerk ono !, PAIN
nnd such other oiilcurs tah T.,
INV , s ali Of whenl Sshalsbs appointed 800
blythe commission 9 to- ]. III j, :. Il.
1It lis man fest TINT the khd ofsoilcers
Srs aS FISH, sipfa
S SslSds a 1s1; clark aha MT the
ehof head bpre. Wh ,,s S,l th to
he created "witll Z, py ~
Of Laws 5is /, ~ gen g
ertll rule Of estatu orW r. t t.ni
where general words f3oW ~ s Holds,
sifcn generuL5words "a re5 not ito 3bc con
In thelr Switl ost OH IT'D sto
be held as only to 2; persons q OF
as those specifically m ntionetl. \. =.
And again, 8 Oh u. age Las, "a statute
which enumera tes ersons@ OF III gs Z o.
san
Of general words to u persons y or d things
Of ia Z higher rank, dignity or Importance
tllan heshigbest onumer ~ there arc a.
anyof&the lower species okWhic tne
ords; q car S&l pply l5{
This rule OF interpretnti ms 70 !, ,oo
SEQ Endlich on Interpret alton
of Statutes, sec. 412,.&and Sutherland on ~
stntutory Gonstfrue ten 8, sec - oo
"a ca b. the court. 5on; n. 80, IN enforcing
an exception to this trllle reeog nlzes 4
r&the following lnnguaE 50 ne Tl!o \. .ot
that wherein nm act or the
is named. and the words and other
courts' follow those words, must DO taken
as applying to n courts I'm fer,iorf to that
named, is not, without except lon 2; /,
Tho execution here was that there
were no other courts, save higher courts,
to which the; language ~ could possibly IDLY
apply. .Gt}s ID,
ease ot W sast " tn4t q rain a
page 206:s''it ls.Ign gi,)e Of \ law. that m
numerntiongof things orsp ersonssso In
ferior dignity shall not extend TO q l1pc-
rior.''e s,a . b 7.
gIIore@ language which ordinarily. would
have covered Judgments demands was
tbeisWord used twas construed not toe in
Glide Them. T acause tho 4pnr ticulnrf debts
specified I'VE, Il oftsu degree md class in;
ferior3to Judgments. sa3 III Il III Is
a We submit that under this rule OF 1
interpretation the general word officers y
should not be Interpreted to include tho
Commissions of sInsnrnncc,gWhic Is un-t
d 4 higher grade than those
ment Toned spnoincally4 In the constitu-;.l
tional provision. 5.s IN. i!5si5 Y,