Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was passed by the Senate on April 20, 1906, and on April 24, 1906, was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court: Ordered, that the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be required by the Senate upon the following important question of law: Is it a constitutional exercise of the legislative power of the General Court to enact a law providing for an appropriation of money from the treasury of the Commonwealth for the…
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The following order was passed by the Senate on April 20, 1906, and on April 24, 1906, was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court: Ordered, that the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be required by the Senate upon the following important question of law: Is it a constitutional exercise of the legislative power of the General Court to enact a law providing for an appropriation of money from the treasury of the Commonwealth for the purpose of recognition of valuable services of persons who served to the credit of Massachusetts during the Civil War and who…
1Opinion of the Court
On May 2,1906, the Justices returned the following answer:
To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court have received the order of the Honorable Senate requiring their opinion upon the *612following important question of law: “Is it a constitutional exercise of the legislative power of the General Court to enact a law providing for an appropriation of money from the treasury of the Commonwealth for the purpose of recognition of valuable services of persons who served to the credit of Massachusetts during the Civil War and who were…
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