Wait v. Hall, Secretary of State

Appellant, a resident, citizen and taxpayer of this state, alleged, as his cause of action, the following facts.

The General Assembly, at its regular, 1937, session, passed an act No. 287, Acts 1937, p. 1025. The act was approved by the Governor March 22, 1937, and contained the emergency clause, which, if effective, would have made the act operative and in full force from and after its passage and approval. The legislative journals show, however, that the emergency clause did not -receive the vote required by the Initiative & Referendum Amendment to the Constitution to make it effective upon…