Pack v. Barton

Cooley, J".

This proceeding brings in question the constitutional validity of the act of the Legislature of 1881 for the organization of the county of Montmorency, of which the respondents assume to be supervisors. The objection to the act is that it was not introduced until after the expiration of fifty days of the session, though the Constitution provides that “No new bill shall be introduced into either house of the Legislature after the first fifty days of a session shall have expired.” Art. 4, § 28, as amended in 1859-60.

The facts in the case are that within the fifty days a bill was…