State v. Board of County Commissioners
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding to obtain writ of certiorari. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The facts of this case were presented before the supreme court on oral argument. The question before the court is whether the act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act for the purchase and preservation of public newspapers printed and published in the several counties of this state,’ approved February 1, 1865,” is constitutional or not.
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Original proceeding to obtain writ of certiorari. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion. The facts of this case were presented before the supreme court on oral argument. The question before the court is whether the act entitled “An act to amend an act entitled 'An act for the purchase and preservation of public newspapers printed and published in the several counties of this state,’ approved February 1, 1865,” is constitutional or not. Four objections are raised against the constitutionality of the amendatory act; that more than one subject is embraced in the amendatory act; that the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Bigelow, C. J.:
Original application for a writ of certiorari. By Stats. 1895, p. 107, the legislature enacted a law entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act for the purchase and preservation of public newspapers printed and published in the several counties of this state,’ approved February 1, 1865.” The body of the act is as follows: “Section 1.- The recorders of the several counties of this state are hereby authorized and required to subscribe for one newspaper printed and published at the county seat of each county of the state, and the board of county commissioners…
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- Sadler v. Board of County CommissionersNevada Supreme Court · 1880
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