Johnson v. Diefendorf

GIYENS, C. J.,

Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part.- — I concur except as to the discussion of the effective date of an emergency statute after a referendum petition has been filed, etc.

At common law statutes generally became effective from the opening day of the legislative session, which rule was never generally adopted in this country where statutes were generally considered as effective from the date of their passage and approval, and also it was universally recognized that the legislature had the right and power to fix in the statute itself the effective date. (59 C. J. 1137, 1148;…