Frost v. Pfeiffer
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The late general assembly passed an act creating the county of Teller out of territory embraced within the counties of El Paso and Fremont, which is entitled “ A bill for an act to establish the county of Teller, and the temporary county seat thereof, providing for the appointment of its precinct and county officers, fixing the terms of court therein, and attaching the same to certain congressional, senatorial,…
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The late general assembly passed an act creating the county of Teller out of territory embraced within the counties of El Paso and Fremont, which is entitled “ A bill for an act to establish the county of Teller, and the temporary county seat thereof, providing for the appointment of its precinct and county officers, fixing the terms of court therein, and attaching the same to certain congressional, senatorial, representative, judicial and normal districts.” By this act the boundaries of the new county are established, and its temporary…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gabbert
delivered, the opinion, of the court.
Counsel for appellants contend that the title adopted embraces more than one subject, or if it does not, limits the scope of the act to the particular matters detailed; that all others not within the title as expressed, cannot be upheld, and that part of the provisions of the act are illegal. Our constitution (sec. 21, art. 5) provides, “No bill, except general appropriation bills, shall be passed, containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, but if any subject shall be embraced in any act which shall not be expressed in…
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