Ex Parte Stone

This court approves the views expressed by the Court of Appeals in holding the act in question not subject to any of the constitutional objections raised by the record.

We do not, however, approve the construction given section 218 of the Constitution of 1901, as indicated by the line of reasoning pursued in the opinion.

This section is brought forward from section 9, art. 11, Constitution of 1875, and reads:

"The Legislature shall not have the power to require counties or other municipal corporations to pay any charges which are now payable out of the state treasury."

We hold this section refers…