State v. Clements

The question we have on this appeal is whether an appropriation by the Legislature from the general treasury of the state, in satisfaction of a moral obligation to a member of the state militia injured in the line of duty, is a special or private law within the meaning of section 106 of the Constitution, which requires publication of notice containing the substance of the proposed law prior to its introduction in the Legislature. Notice of the substance of this proposed act was not published.

Section 110 of the Constitution defines a general law as one “which applies to the whole State.” It…