Opinion of the Justices

To the Honorable Senate:

The undersigned, justices of the supreme court, make this answer to the question submitted us under your resolution with reference to Senate Bill No. 3.

The bill is entitled “An Act Providing for assistance to the aged.” A law making age the only test of relief would be void for a number of reasons.

It would violate the constitutional provision about pensions. (Const., Pt. I, art. 36). By the constitution, “Pensions are not to be granted except in consideration of actual services and never for more than one year at a time. A pension ordinarily suggests the idea of a…