State v. Welkner

Article. Ill, Section 16, of the Louisiana Constitution provides:

Every statute enacted by the Legisla_ ture, shall embrace but one object, and shall have a title indicative of its ob,,'ject. •

The Legislature may, however, by ' means of a single statute, enact dr re- " vise a system of laws of a general or public nature, such as the general' statute, or' a codification of laws on the same general subject.

The primary purpose of the title-body clause contained in paragraph one is to prevent the joining of incongruous and unrelated matter in one act, State v. Hertzog, 243 La.647, 146 So.2d 149…