Walker v. State
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Couet oe Claims, May, 1879. In the constitution adopted for South Carolina in 1868, under the authority of the acts of congress generally called the reconstruction acts, the following provisions occur: Article II., Section 14. * * * A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. * * * Article II., Section 20. Every act or resolution having the force of law shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.
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Before Couet oe Claims, May, 1879. In the constitution adopted for South Carolina in 1868, under the authority of the acts of congress generally called the reconstruction acts, the following provisions occur: Article II., Section 14. * * * A majority of each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. * * * Article II., Section 20. Every act or resolution having the force of law shall relate to but one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title. Article II., Section 26. Each house shall keep a journal of its own proceedings, and cause the same to be published immediately after its…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McIver, A. J.
For a proper understanding of the questions raised by this appeal, as well as to show how it is that these actions are brought against the state in one of her own tribunals, *264it will be necessary to make a brief statement of the legislation which gave rise to the cases.
On the 8tb of June, 1877, (16 Stat. 318), the general assembly adopted a joint resolution, which, after reciting that “ great uncertainty” existed in the minds of the taxpayers as to the real amount of the valid indebtedness of the state, provided for the appointment of a…
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