Kirk v. High

It has been aptly said that State Constitutions are framed for the very purpose of adaptation to the progress of the times and to be -a general, not special, rule of action and restraint.

■ While it is true that in interpreting a Constitution it is to be read as it is written, still the Constitution and the amendments thereto must be so interpreted as to give effect to every part thereof and leave each part some office to perform. It is a primary rule of construction that the Constitution must be considered as a whole, and to get at the meaning of any part of it, we must read it in the light…