Reitzammer v. Desha Road Improvement District No. 2
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Desha Chancery Court; E. G. Hammock, Chancellor; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. This appeal questions the constitutionality of Act No. 202, passed by the 1919 session of the General Assembly, which is entitled “An Act Creating Desha Road Improvement District No. 2.” The act is very similar to and in many respects is identical with the act attacked in the case of Cumnock v. Alexander, the opinion in which case is rendered simultaneously with this opinion.
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Appeal from Desha Chancery Court; E. G. Hammock, Chancellor; STATEMENT OE EAOTS. This appeal questions the constitutionality of Act No. 202, passed by the 1919 session of the General Assembly, which is entitled “An Act Creating Desha Road Improvement District No. 2.” The act is very similar to and in many respects is identical with the act attacked in the case of Cumnock v. Alexander, the opinion in which case is rendered simultaneously with this opinion. Indeed, amici curiae have filed briefs in both cases treating them as one, and we have considered these cases together as involving in many…
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, J.,
(after stating the facts). The Constitution imposes no limitation upon the number of amendments which may be made to a bill as it passes through one or both branches of the Legislature. The only limitation in that respect is that “no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either house as to change its original purpose.” No attempt is made to show that the original purpose of the bill was altered by the House amendment. Indeed, it is shown that this was only a method of embracing a number of amendments in the form of one amendment and that many sections of the act…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lee Wilson & Co. v. William R. Compton Bond & Mortgage Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
- Special School District No. 33 v. HowardSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1916
3Cited by22 opinions
- Easley v. PattersonSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1920
- House v. Road Improvement District No. 2Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
- Road Improvement Districts 1, 2 & 3 v. CrarySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1922
- Bush v. Delta Road Improvement DistrictSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
- Booe v. SimsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1919
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