Jackson v. State

(after stating the facts as above). First, it is contended that this) prosecution must fail because the act of the Legislature upon which it is based is in violation of section 57, art. 5, of the Constitution. Said section is as follows:

“Every act of the Legislature shall embrace but one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, except general appropriation bills, general revenue bills, and bills adopting a code, digest, or revision of statutes; and no law shall be revived, amended, or the provisions thereof extended or conferred,, by reference to its title only; but so much…