Opinion of the Court

To the House of Representatives:

The undersigned respectfully comply with the resolution this day adopted by your honorable body, requiring our opinions on the operation and effect of s. 1, e. 2 of the General Laws, which provides that when any petition to be presented to the legislature affects the interests of any person, certain notice may be given before the commencement of the session.

The supreme legislative power vested in the senate and house of representatives by the second article of the constitution, and the power of settling their own rules of proceedings, vested in the house by the…