Burkett v. State

Wyatt, Justice.

The “special plea in abatement and motion to quash,” the overruling of which is duly excepted to, contains sixteen paragraphs. A proper analysis of what is therein said raises only two legal questions: First, is the motor-vehicle registration act (Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1937-1938, p. 259) invalid because it attempts to levy a tax on public property? Second, is it invalid as being in violation of article 3, section 7, paragraph 8, of the constitution of Georgia (Code, § 2-1808), which provides: “No law or ordinance shall pass which refers to more than one' subject-matter, or contains…