East Georgia & Florida Railroad v. King

Lumpkin, Justice.

1. The act of March 4th, 1869 (Acts of 1869, p. 14), amending section 8329 (now 3406) of the code, did not comply with the requirement contained in par. 3, see. 6, art. 3, of the constitution of 1868, declaring that “No law or section of the code shall be amended or repealed by mere reference to its title, or to the number of the section in the code, but the amending or repealing act shall distinctly and fully describe the law to be amended or repealed, as well as the alteration to be made; but this clause shall be construed as directory only to the General Assembly.” Code of…