Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was passed by the Senate onMarch 12,1919, and was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court. On April 2, 1919, the Justices returned the answer which is subjoined.
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The following order was passed by the Senate onMarch 12,1919, and was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court. On April 2, 1919, the Justices returned the answer which is subjoined. Whereas, there is now pending in the General Court a bill numbered Senate 54, entitled “An Act establishing a five cent fare on the lines of the Boston Elevated Railway Company and subsidizing the company from the public treasury for any resulting deficiency,” a copy of which is herewith submitted; and Whereas, said bill makes reference to chapter 159 of the Special Acts of the year 1918, and…
1Opinion of the Court
To the Honorable Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
We, the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, have considered the questions upon which our opinion is required by the order *607of March 12,1919, a copy of which is hereto annexed, and respectfully submit this opinion:
The questions relate primarily to the constitutionality, if enacted, of Senate Bill No. 54 and House Bill No. 722. These bills in form and substance are amendments to Spec. St. 1918, c. 159. Nevertheless the proposed changes are so radical as to make them in substance important new legislation and not mere perfecting of…
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