Carter v. Stevens

In 1927 the legislature adopted an act effective August 2, 1927, entitled “An act to reduce the fire insurance hazards of the business of clothes cleaning establishments, providing for the enforcement thereof by the state fire marshal, providing ways and means for enforcement and providing penalties for violations.” (Stats. and Amdts. 1927, p. 1924.) The insertion of the italicized word insurance was clearly an inadvertence and must be disregarded. The intent of the title is in nowise affected by so doing.

In 1929 the legislature adopted an act effective August 14, 1929, to amend the title…