Sherwood v. Bergen-Hackensack Sanitary Sewer Authority

The opinion of the, court was delivered by

Parker, J.

The question for decision is the constitutionality vel non, of chapter 300 of the laws of 1945 (pages 852 to 881). Judge Leyden, sitting in a Supreme Court issue, held ubi supra, at page 56, that the act is special, and that as no notice had been given of an application to apply for the legislation as required by the constitution, the act was void. The present appeal challenges the propriety of that decision. We conclude that it should be affirmed, for reasons now to be stated.

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