New Britain herald., 1929-08-06

giving faith and credit to certain records of the secretary:
 Section one:-These official rec ords of the act passed by the gener- al assembly on file in the office of the secretary shall be presumptlNe evidence that all constitutional re- quirements essential tc the valid en- actment of the several acts therein contained have been complied with; and the faith and credit of such rec ords shall not be attacked save by an action of mandamus against the secretary to compel him to correct the record.'
 Section two: This act shall take effect from it's passage File number four was: An act validating certain bills heretofore passed by the general assembly, Validates Public Acts
 "Section one: Each bill for a public or private act heretofore passed by both houses of the gen. era assembly and signed or ap- proved by the governor more than three days, Sundays excepted. after . it was presented to him after the ad iournment of the general assem- bly at which such bills was passed, is, as to any irregularity by reason of the time of such signature or approval only. validated and con- frmed, and shall be as valid as if it had been approved within three days, Sundays excepted, after It was presented to the governor aft CT the adjournment of the general assembly"
 Section two: This act shall take effect from it's passage 1 File number five provided that all bills which are subject to this legislation "are presumed to have been presented to the governor for his action under section 1o, of ar ticle of the constitution | File number six provided for ln- clusion in the 1880 revision of the statutes of the acts passed at this special session.
 Averill Uncertain of Effect In the official opinion which ac- companied the governors message. Deputy Attorney General Ernest l.. Averill failed to hold that the two bills presented to the legislature to- day to validate the 1,500 laws void ed by supreme court decision would be constitutional.
 Instead. he said the two meas ures would merely 'express the in tent of the legislature to, so far as it is within their power, make effec- tive all of the laws involved in the decision; and so far as possible con- firm and validate acts which had been performed under these laws
 The bills leave. he said further. ''to the courts the final determina- ton as to how far it is possible fog the legislature to repair the dam. age which might be caused by the sudden invalidation of 1,5OO of our laws"
 The opinion pointed out that all statutes have been considered as laws by the public and that all the actions and activities of the public have been governed by them and that all courts of the state. includ- ing the supreme court, have rec ognized the laws. private and public.r as the laws of the state and have determined questions relating to he lifo. liberty, welfare and property vested interests of the citizens of the state under these laws as valid laws
 Court Called Laws Valid
 He further pointed that during the last ten years the supreme court of errors has had occasion, and has actually passed upon the effect and validity of the provisions of many of the 1900 odd laws in question in at least 122 cases. in many instances, deciding the laws were constitution al"
 Two cases, Mr. Averill declared. have been before the supreme court of the United Statessnvolving some of these laws, and no court has at any time questioned the validity of any of the laws published by the secretary of state because of it's date of approval, although in a number of instances the date of an, proval of these bills has appeared in, decisions rendered by the supreme court of errors.'
 On $50 occasions. said the deputy attorney general, five general as semblies have recognized the validity of the 1900 odd acts, possibly af- fected by this decision" by 'spec- fically amending provisions in those acts"