Opinion of the Justices

To the House of Representatives:

The undersigned, justices of the supreme court, make the following answer to the inquiries propounded in your resolution of February 16.

I. House Bill No. 180 appears to have been drawn without any reference to the structure of our state government, and contains many provisions which could not be applied here. Its main purpose seems to be to establish a system of charges upon various vocations, avocations and acts. It deals largely with what are commonly known as occupation taxes. Section 3 divides these subjects of proposed taxation into one hundred and…