Carroll v. Wright
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for injunction. Before Judge Ellis. Eulton superior court. October 6, 1908. This case comes by writ of error to tbe Supreme Court from Eulton superior court upon a judgmént upholding tbe constitutionality of tbe act approved September 5, 1908, entitled “an act to provide a revenue to be used for tbe development and conduct of tbe penitentiary system of the State, and to buy farm lands and equipment as may be needed in connection with the management, control, and…
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Petition for injunction. Before Judge Ellis. Eulton superior court. October 6, 1908. This case comes by writ of error to tbe Supreme Court from Eulton superior court upon a judgmént upholding tbe constitutionality of tbe act approved September 5, 1908, entitled “an act to provide a revenue to be used for tbe development and conduct of tbe penitentiary system of the State, and to buy farm lands and equipment as may be needed in connection with the management, control, and employment of the convicts of this State, by requiring a license to be obtained by all persons, firms, or corporations…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. It is provided in paragraph 13, section 1, article :5 of the *731constitution of the State, that “He [the Governor] shall have power to convoke the General Assembly on extraordinary occasions, but no law shall be enacted at called sessions of the General Assembly except such as shall relate to the object stated in his proclamation convening them.” Civil Code, §5816. Plaintiffs in error insist that the provision of the constitution just quoted was violated in the passage of the act under consideration; “for that said act does not relate to the object stated…
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