Sisk v. Cargile
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Jackson. Heard, before the Hon. William H. Simpson. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, William 1). Bisk,' a resident tax payer of Jackson county, against the appellees, as members constituting the court of county commissioners of Jackson county.
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Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Jackson. Heard, before the Hon. William H. Simpson. The bill in this case was filed by the appellant, William 1). Bisk,' a resident tax payer of Jackson county, against the appellees, as members constituting the court of county commissioners of Jackson county. The following facts are averred in the bill: By virtue of an act to authorize Jackson county to build macadamized roads, and bridges, and to issue bonds of the company to aid in the construction thereof, approved December 7 th, 1898, and acts amendatory thereto, Jackson county has issued from time to…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
The act in question is original in form, complete and intelligible in itself. It simply provides, by a special levy of taxes, as necessity therefor arises, additional means to pay the bonds authorized by an original act, passed in 1.898 for the construction of public macadamized roads in Jackson county. All *171other provisions of this special act are merely' administrative, and do not affect is validity. That it does not offend section 45 of the constitution, prohibiting the amendment of an existing law by reference to its title only, is fully settled by former decisions of this court. Gandy v.…
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