Existing Law Not to be Made Part of an Act, etc. EXISTING LAW NOT TO BE MADE A PART OF AN ACT EXCEPT BY INSERTING IT THEREIN. I Sec. 17. No act shall be passed which shall provide that 2 any existing law, or any part thereof, shall be made or deemed 3 a part of said act, or which shall enact that any existing law, 4 or part thereof, shall be applicable, except by inserting it in 5 such act. Sec. Art. Existing Law Not to be Made Part of an Act, etc. Sec. Art. which may result from intermixing in one and the same act such things as have no proper relation to each other, every law shall embrace but one object, and that shall be expressed in the title. No law shall be revived or amended by reference to its title only; but the act revived, or the section or sections amended, shall be inserted at length. No general law shall embrace any provision of a private, special or local character. No act shall be passed which shall provide that any existing law, or any part thereof, shall be made or deemed a part of the act, or which shall enact that any existing law, or any part thereof, shall be applicable, except by inserting it in such act. Bec. Art. 86. III. Existing Law Not to be Made Part of an Act, etc. TEXAS. Sec. Art. that shall be expressed in the title. But if any object shall be embraced in an act which is not so expressed, the act shall be void only as to so much thereof as shall not be so expressed, and no law shall be revived or amended by reference to its title only, but the law revived or the section amended, shall be inserted at large, in the new act. And no act of the Legislature, except such as may be passed at the first session under this Constitution, shall take effect until the expiration of ninety days after its passage, unless the Legislature shall by a vote of twothirds of the members elected to each house, taken by yeas and nays, otherwise direct. 26. III. WYOMING. No law shall be revised or amended, or the provisions thereof extended by reference to its title only, but so much thereof as is revised, amended or extended, shall be re-enacted and published at length. Private and Local Bills Not to be Passed, etc. PRIVATE AND LOCAL BILLS NOT TO BE PASSED IN CERTAIN CASES. I Sec. 18. The Legislature shall not pass a private or 2 local bill in any of the following cases: 3 Changing the names of persons. 4 Laying out, opening, altering working or discontinuing 5 roads, highways or alleys, or for draining swamps or other 6 low lands. 7 Locating or changing county seats. 8 Providing for changes of venue in civil or criminal cases. 9 Incorporating villages. 10 Providing for election of members of boards of supervisors. 16 Creating, increasing or decreasing fees, percentage or allow 17 ances of public officers, during the term for which said officers. 18 are elected or appointed. 19 Granting to any corporation, association or individual the 20 right to lay down railroad tracks. 21 Private and Local Bills Not to be Passed, etc. Granting to any private corporation, association or individ22 ual any exclusive privilege, immunity or franchise whatever. 23 Providing for building bridges, and chartering companies 24 for such purposes, except on the Hudson river below Water25 ford, and on the East river, or over the waters forming a part 26 of the boundaries of the State. 27 The Legislature shall pass general laws providing for the 28 cases enumerated in this section, and for all other cases which 29 in its judgment may be provided for by general laws. But no 30 law shall authorize the construction or operation of a street 31 railroad except upon the condition that the consent of the 32 owners of one-half in value of the property bounded on, and 33 the consent also of the local authorities having the control of, 34 that portion of a street or highway upon which it is proposed 35 to construct or operate such railroad be first obtained, or in 36 case the consent of such property owners cannot be obtained, 37 the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the depart38 ment in which it is proposed to be constructed, may, upon 39 application, appoint three commissioners who shall determine, 40 after a hearing of all parties interested, whether such railroad 41 ought to be constructed or operated, and their determination, 42 confirmed by the court, may be taken in lieu of the consent 43 of the property owners. |
