Opinion of the Justices to the Senate & House of Representatives

To the Honorable the Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts :1

On the nineteenth day of April last the Honorable Senate adopted an order, which was transmitted on the next day to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, requesting their opinion upon the following questions : ‘

“First. Can the Senate, under the provisions of chapter 1, section 3, article 7, of the Constitution, originate a bill or resolve appropriating money from the Treasury of the Commonwealth ?

“ Second. Can the Senate, under said provisions, originate a bill or resolve, in any way involving, directly or indirectly,…