Weill v. Kenfield
California Supreme Court
Application for writ of mandamus. The proceedings of the Assembly with reference to the bill referred to in the opinion, as they appear in its record, are set out at length in the petition; and from this it appears that the bill was not read at length on its first and second reading, but that the cleik read the title of the bill, and the enacting clause, and a portion of the first section only, and that thereupon the Speaker interrupted the reading by announcing, on the…
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Application for writ of mandamus. The proceedings of the Assembly with reference to the bill referred to in the opinion, as they appear in its record, are set out at length in the petition; and from this it appears that the bill was not read at length on its first and second reading, but that the cleik read the title of the bill, and the enacting clause, and a portion of the first section only, and that thereupon the Speaker interrupted the reading by announcing, on the first occasion, “ This is the first reading of the bill,” and on the second occasion, “ This is the second reading of the…
1Opinion of the Court
In bank, McKinstry, J.:
In the view we take of this application* it becomes unnecessary to decide that this Court has or has not original jurisdiction to issue the writ of mandamus.
The important question presented is, whether every bill introduced into either House of the Legislature, (unless the requirement in that regard of § 15, art. 4, of the Constitution is dispensed with by a two-thirds vote duly recorded) must be read three times; or whether the requirement has been complied with by reading the title and a portion of a bill twice, and reading the whole once. The section reads as follows:
2Cited by32 opinions
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- Kaiser v. HopkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1936
- City of Pasadena v. Railroad CommissionCalifornia Supreme Court · 1920
- Turlock Irrigation Dist. v. WhiteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1921
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