Cohn v. Kingsley
Idaho Supreme Court
APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. The supreme court of Idaho has said: "It seems to be well settled that the court will take judicial knowledge of the journal of a legislative body to determine whether the act of a legislature is constitutionally passed and for the purpose of determining what has been done by the legislature.”
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APPEAL from District Court, Ada County. The supreme court of Idaho has said: "It seems to be well settled that the court will take judicial knowledge of the journal of a legislative body to determine whether the act of a legislature is constitutionally passed and for the purpose of determining what has been done by the legislature.” (Burk-hart v. Reed, 2 Idaho, 503, 22 Pac. 1.) The following decisions by our supreme court are to the same effect: Glough v. Gurtis, 2 Idaho, 522, 22 Pac. 8; Blaine County v. Heard, ante, p. 6, 45 Pac. 890; Wright v. Kelly, 4 Idaho, 624, 43 Pac. 565; Bellevue W.…
1Opinion of the CourtQttakles, J.
The controlling question in this case is, Is the act of March 12, 1897, regulating the fees and compensation of county and precinct officers, valid? Section 15, article 3, of' the constitution, is as follows: “No law shall be passed except by bill, nor shall any bill be put upon its final passage until the •same, with the amendments thereto, shall have been printed, *421for the use of the members: nor shall any bill become a law unless the same shall have been read on three several days in each House previous to the final vote thereon; provided, in case of urgency, two-thirds of the House where…
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