Henry v. State Ex Rel. Hartsfield

In Brandon, Auditor, v. Askew, Sol., 172 Ala. 167, 54 So. 608, it was observed that:

“Section 96 of the Constitution provides that ‘the Legislature shall not enact any law not applicable to all the counties in the state, regulating costs and charges of courts, fees, commissions or allftwances of public officers.’ Subdivision 24 of section 104 provides that no special, private, or local law shall be passed ‘creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentages or allowances of public officers.’ An invariable rule of' statutory construction requires that every reasonable intendment must be…