County Commissioners v. Meekins
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. The appellee filed his petition in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County on the 9th May, 1818, representing: that by the Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January session, 1818, ch. 160, the Governor of Maryland was authorized and directed to appoint a treasurer for said county, who was also to act as clerk to the Board of County Commissioners; that the treasurer so appointed, was directed to give…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dorchester County. The appellee filed his petition in the Circuit Court for Dorchester County on the 9th May, 1818, representing: that by the Act of the General Assembly of Maryland, passed at the January session, 1818, ch. 160, the Governor of Maryland was authorized and directed to appoint a treasurer for said county, who was also to act as clerk to the Board of County Commissioners; that the treasurer so appointed, was directed to give bond to the State, in a penalty of not less than fifty thousand dollars and for such sum as the County Commissioners…
1Opinion of the CourtGrason, J.
The only question presented upon this appeal is the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the Act of 1818, ch. 160. Section 29, of Article 3, of-the Constitution, provides that “every law enacted by the General Assembly shall embrace hut one subject, and that shall he described in its title,” and section 33 of the same Article, forbids the General Assembly to pass “ a special law, for' any case, for which provision has been made by an existing general law,” and it is contended that the law in question is obnoxious to both of these provisions.
The Act of 1818, ch. 160, is a Public Local…
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