In re Senate Bill No. 27

Under the provisions of section 3 of article 6 of the constitution, the senate of the thirteenth general assembly, now in session, has asked the court for its opinion as to the constitutionality of Senate Bill No. 27, as amended, which is a bill for “An act providing for the regulation of the payment of wages, in lawful money of the United States, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof.”

For the purposes of the opinion, it is sufficiently exact to say that the general object of the bill is to require all private corporations doing business within this state, except railroad…