Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was passed by the House of Representatives on April 29, 1920, and on April 30, 1920, was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court.
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The following order was passed by the House of Representatives on April 29, 1920, and on April 30, 1920, was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court. Ordered, That the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court be requested to inform the House of Representatives whether, in their opinion, the provisions of the Bill to authorize cities and towns to limit buildings according to their use or construction (House, No. 1660), now pending, and copies of which are transmitted herewith, would be legal and constitutional if enacted into law. House Bill No. 1660, referred to above, was as…
1Opinion of the Court
On May 20, 1920, the Justices returned the following answer:
To the Honorable the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
We, the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, having considered the question on which our opinion is requested under the order of April 29,1920, a copy whereof is hereto annexed, respectfully submit this answer:
The title and substance of the proposed act support the inference that it is in execution of the power conferred by art. 60 of the Amendments to the Constitution of this Commonwealth. That amendment is in these words: “The General Court shall…
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