Durham v. State

1. It is now well settled that an act which does not purport to amend or repeal any particular law or section of the Code is not within par. 17 of sec. 7 of art. 3 of the constitution of this State, which declares that “No law, or section of the Code, shall be amended or repealed by mere reference to its title, or to the number of the section of the Code, but the amending or repealing act shall distinctly describe the law to be amended or repealed, as well as the alteration to be made.” Civil Code (1910), § 6445. Repeals by implication do not fall within the inhibition of this provision of…