Nixon v. Allen
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Robert L. Rogers, Special Chancellor; 1. The act is separable. There are ten distinct provisions of the act set out in the title thereto. It is always proper to look to the title of an act to determine its meaning. 138 Ark. 387; 124 Ark. 473. If a statute attempts to accomplish two or more objects, and is void as to one, it may still he in every respect complete and valid as to the other.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Robert L. Rogers, Special Chancellor; 1. The act is separable. There are ten distinct provisions of the act set out in the title thereto. It is always proper to look to the title of an act to determine its meaning. 138 Ark. 387; 124 Ark. 473. If a statute attempts to accomplish two or more objects, and is void as to one, it may still he in every respect complete and valid as to the other. Ill Ark. 108; 46 Ark. 329; 37 Ark. 356; 53 Ark. 490; 64 Ark. 555; 63 Ark. 576; 126 Ark. 263; 138 Ark. 386. 2. The Legislature had the power to declare the act separable.…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
These appeals are from decrees rendered by R. L. Rogers, special chancellor, declaring void act No. 264 of the Acts of 1921. The title of the act is: “An Act to provide For More Efficient County Government for Pulaski County: For Two County Judges: For Separating the Offices of Sheriff and Collector; Fora County Comptroller; For a County Purchasing Agent; For Chief Deputies; For County Officers; For a Board for Approving Additional Deputies; For Fixing the Salaries of County Officers and of their Deputies; For a Court of Common Pleas; For Fixing the -Court Costs in the Circuit and Chancery…
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