Page, Treasurer v. Alexander, Treasurer

The emergency clause attached to Act 187 of the Acts of 1943 was not adopted. This resulted from the fact that the majority vote for the act was sufficient to pass it, but was not sufficient to adopt the emergency clause. A majority vote suffices for the first purpose, while a two-thirds vote of all the members elected to each house of the General Assembly is required for the second. But the presence of the emergency clause is not without significance. It manifests the purpose and intent of its promoters to make the act effective at the earliest possible date, which intent was abortive,…