State v. McEniry
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Hopkins R. Slicdn, Judge. (1) The title to the amendatory act (Laws 1913, p. 222) is sufficient. Amendments to sections of the revised statutes may he made by acts whose titles refer to those sections by numbers. State ex rel. v. County Court, 128 Mo. 439. (2) Thé purpose of a title to a hill is to indicate to the members of the Legislature in clear terms its general contents.
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Appeal from Pettis Circuit Court. — Hon. Hopkins R. Slicdn, Judge. (1) The title to the amendatory act (Laws 1913, p. 222) is sufficient. Amendments to sections of the revised statutes may he made by acts whose titles refer to those sections by numbers. State ex rel. v. County Court, 128 Mo. 439. (2) Thé purpose of a title to a hill is to indicate to the members of the Legislature in clear terms its general contents. Ferguson v. Gentry, 206 Mo. 198; State ex rel. v. Miller, 100 Mo. 445; State ex rel. v. Revelle, 257 Mo. 538. (3) Where the evident purpose of the repeal is to displace the old…
1Opinion of the Court
ROT, C.
The defendant was charged by information with a failure to hum the carcasses of swine owned by him, which had died of cholera.
The court sustained a motion to quash the information on the ground that the Act of March 22, 1913 (Laws 1913, p. 222), is void. That act is entitled as follows:
“An Act to repeal section 4868 of article 8, chapter 36, Revised Statutes of the State of Missouri, 1909, entitled ‘Swine dying of disease to be burned — notice of possible contagious disease to be posted — other provisions.’ Providing penalty for violation of this act. ’ ’
The body of that act purports…
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