Mortland v. State ex rel. Christian
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On error to ¡Supreme Oouirt. On quo warmnto. On April 3d, 1.889, the legislature passed an aot ¡entitled . ““An aot to reorganize the hoard ¡©if (chosen freeholders in «counties of the first class in this state.” Pampk. L., p. 1-63. The general scheme of the act is to substitute a board of chosen freeholders elected by assembly districts for a board, elected by townships and wards in counties of the first class. The act now affects only Essex and Hudson counties.
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On error to ¡Supreme Oouirt. On quo warmnto. On April 3d, 1.889, the legislature passed an aot ¡entitled . ““An aot to reorganize the hoard ¡©if (chosen freeholders in «counties of the first class in this state.” Pampk. L., p. 1-63. The general scheme of the act is to substitute a board of chosen freeholders elected by assembly districts for a board, elected by townships and wards in counties of the first class. The act now affects only Essex and Hudson counties. Other1 counties will come within its provisions as soon as they contain a population of one hundred and-fifty thousand. - • The…
1Opinion of the Court
*537The opinion of the court was delivered by
Garrison, J.
1. The title of an act is, in the constitutional sense, aptly expressive of its object if it contain a mention of the subject matter generally, together with a succinct indication of the legislation respecting it. In the present •case the matter to be dealt with is boards of chosen freeholders in counties of the first class, and the legislative object is the reorganization of such boards. All of this is indicated 'by the title of the act; greater particularity is not required. Rader v. Union, 10 Vroom 509, 518.
That the counties to be…
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