Dobbins v. Board of Supervisors of Yuba County

Murray, C. J., concurred.

On the 1st of May, 1851, two Acts were passed by the Legislature: one, an Act to regulate Proceedings in Criminal Cases; the other, an Act to regulate Fees in Office. Both Acts fix the fees of the Clerk of the Court in criminal cases, and the two are essentially different in their provisions.

In this dilemma, the latter Act must govern, from the time it went into effect, May 1, 1852. The subject of fees was the sole object of that Act, and consequently the inference deducible is, that the attention of the Legislature was more particularly directed to establishing the…