Calhoun County v. Morgan

FOSTER, Justice.

The question on this appeal is whether the substance of a local law applicable to Calhoun County was published as required by section 106 of the Constitution. There is no question that it is a local law and that the publication was for the required time and in the required paper.

The proposed act was published in ex-tenso. It was not undertaken to publish merely the substance of the Act. But as passed there were certain changes made, so that it was not in the precise terms as used in the publication. It is contended that by reason of those changes the substance of the Act as…