Moore v. Burdett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Garrison, J.

The taxes brought up by these writs are illegal if “A general act concerning taxes” (Pamph. L. 1895, p. 748; Gen. Stat., p. 3455, § 818) was repealed by “An act to repeal an act concerning taxes” (Pamph. L. 1896,p. 180).

The latter statute specifically enacts the repeal of the former, but is said to be void because its title does not give the date of the passage or approval of the act repealed, which is thought to be required by that clause of article 4, section 7, paragraph 4 of the amended constitution, which directs that “ every law shall…