For cases in Dec.Dig. & Am.Dig. Key-No.Series & Indexes see same topic and KEY-NUMBER
tainty in description of property to be assessed (93 (5) (II.) Law providing that application
(Laws 1923, c. 897; Rev. St. U. S. § 5219, as for judgment and sale of property for delin-
amended in 1923 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1925, quent assessments should be made at later date
$9784]).-People ex rel. Pratt v. Goldfogle, 151 in cities of 100,000 held not invalid as being lo-
N. E. 452.
cal or special (Const. art. 4, § 22, Local Im-
provement Act 1897, §§ 65, 67, as amended by
Laws 1917, p. 244, and Revenue Act 1872, §§
178. 182, 184, 185, 191, as amended by Laws
1919, p. 766).-People v. Kesner, 151 N. E.
481.

Phrase in statute taxing moneyed capital
"coming into competition with the business of
national banks" held sufficiently definite for
guidance of tax assessors (Laws 1923, c. 897;
Rev. St. U. S. § 5136, as amended in 1922 [U.
S. Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 9661]; Fed-97(2) (Ind.) Acts 1919, c. 161. requiring
eral Reserve Act, § 24, as amended by Act lights on motor vehicles at night, held not local
Cong. Sept. 7, 1916 [U. S. Comp. St. § 9763]; or special and unreasonable classification
Act Cong. Sept. 26, 1918 [40 Stat. 968]).-Id. (Const. art. 4, §§ 22, 23).-Koplovitz v. Jensen,
49 (N.Y.) That statute is difficult of appli- 151 N. E. 390.
cation is no reason for holding is unconstitu- 98(1) (III.) Law providing that application
tional. People ex rel. Pratt v. Goldfogle, 151

N. E. 452.

for judgment and sale of property for delin-
quent assessments should be made at later date
in cities of certain population held not to violate
constitutional provision for uniform "proceed-
ings and practice" of courts (Const. art. 6, §
29, Local Improvement Act 1897, §§ 65, 67, as
amended by Laws 1917, p. 244, and Revenue
Act 1872, §§ 178, 182, 184, 185, 191, as amended
by Laws 1919, p. 766).-People v. Kesner, 151
N. E. 481.

51 (Ohio) Provisions of joint county ditch
law (Gen. Code, §§ 6536-6542) are effective by
reference to carry into those sections section
6464 and other sections of single county ditch
law, and empower joint board in construction of
joint county improvement to assess property
specially benefited, and to issue bonds and
pledge credit of joint counties within such dis-
trict in payment thereof (Gen. Code, §§ 26,
2294, 2295)-State v. Gongwer, 151 N. E. 752.
64(1) (Mass.) A statute may be constitu-114(6) (Ind.) Act "concerning intoxicating
tional in operation as to some persons or state
of facts and unconstitutional as to others.
Thurman v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co., 151
N. E. 63.

III. SUBJECTS AND TITLES OF ACTS.

liquor" and dealing with vehicle transportation
thereof held to sufficiently express subject in
title (Acts 1923, c. 34; Const. art. 4, § 19).—
Morgan v. State, 151 N. E. 98.

~64(2) (III.) Invalidity of provision mak-114(6) (Ind.) Act concerning stills and dis-
ing lien on property scheduled held not to in-
validate act requiring operator of vehicles for
passenger hire to furnish bonds (Laws 1923,
pp. 542-545, §§ 42a-42d).-Checker Taxi Co.,
v. Collins, 151 N. E. 675.

64(8) (N.Y.) Statute, taxing moneyed cap-
ital competing with business of national banks,
held not invalid because of provision for re-
funding income taxes for year 1922, even if
such provision is invalid (Laws 1923, c. 897,
$ 27; Rev. St. U. S. § 5219, as amended in 1923
[U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1925, § 9784]).-People
ex rel. Pratt v. Goldfogle, 151 N. E. 452.
II. GENERAL

AND SPECIAL OR LOCAL

LAWS.

tilling apparatus held not unconstitutional for
failure of title to define criminal offense or
refer to subject-matter of one section (Acts
1923, c. 33 and section 2).-Mowlan v. State,
151 N. E. 416.

IV. AMENDMENT, REVISION, AND CODI-

FICATION.

141 (2) (III.) Amendment to statute of de-
scent held constitutional as not attempting to
amend section of Dower Act by reference only
(Laws 1923, c. 325; Const. art. 4, § 13).—
Steinhagen v. Trull, 151 N. E. 250.

Incidental modification of existing laws by an
act complete in itself does not violate Const.
art. 4, § 13.-Id.

v. REPEAL, SUSPENSION, EXPIRATION,

AND REVIVAL.

68 (III.) Laws are general when alike in
their operation on all persons in like situation.
-Berry v. City of Chicago, 151 N. E. 581.
72 (III.) Laws are uniform when alike in 158 (Ind.) Repeals by implication are not
of City of Indianapolis, 151 N. E. 411.
favored. Greathouse v. Board of School Com'rs

their operation on all persons in like situation.
-Berry v. City of Chicago, 151 N. E. 581.

VI. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION.
(A) General Rules of Construction.

77(1) (III.) When a law is made applicable
to one class, there must be some substantial dif-
ference between individual so classified and oth-
er individuals.-Berry v. City of Chicago, 151181 (1) (III.) When it can be done, effect
N. E. 581.
should be given to the intention of the Legisla-
It is essential to validity of legislative clas- ture.-Furlong v. South Park Com'rs, 151 N.
sification that it be based on material distinc- E. 510.
tions in situation and circumstances of indi-189 (III.) Courts are not confined to literal
viduals embraced therein.-Id.
meaning, but when intention can be ascertained
from language of statute, words may be altered,
modified, or restricted if clear purpose of stat-
ute not violated.-Furlong v. South Park
Com'rs, 151 N. E. 510.

77(1)(Ind.) Acts 1919. c. 161. requiring
lights on motor vehicles at night, held not local
or special and unreasonable classification
(Const. art. 4, §§ 22, 23).-Koplovitz v. Jensen,
151 N. E. 390.

81 (III.) Cities and Villages Act, art. 5. §
1, cl. 100, as amended by Laws 1925, p. 235,
and Laws 1925, p. 194, and ordinances enacted
thereunder, regulating installation of electrical
equipment, and requiring registration of elec-
trical contractors, held unconstitutional.-Ber-
ry v. City of Chicago, 151 N. E. 581.

85(4) (III.) Law requiring party demanding
jury trial in municipal court to pay sum of mon-
ey held not violative of constitutional provisions
prohibiting special legislation regulating prac-
tice, nor of requirement that all laws relating
to courts shall be general and of uniform op-
eration (Municipal Court Act, § 56 [Smith-Hurd
Rev. St. 1925, c. 37, § 416]; Const. art. 4, §
22, and article 6, § 29).-Simon v. Reilly, 151 N.
E. 884.

194 (III.) Particular statutory provision
prevails over general provision and must be
treated as exception thereto.-De Witt County
v. Greene, 151 N. E. 372.

203 (N.Y.) Words should not be read into
statute which would partially defeat its pur-
pose.-In re Davies' Estate, 151 N. E. 205.

205 (11.) Emergency clause held of no sig-
nificance in construction of statute.-Furlong v.
South Park Com'rs, 151 N. E. 510.

205 (Ohio) Entire statute imposing specific
penalties for violation must be examined to de-
termine whether purpose was to render void
contract based on prohibited act.-Warren Peo-
nle's Market Co. v. Corbett & Sons, 151 N. E.
51.

217 (Mass.) In construing statute or con-
stitutional provisions, courts look to history of

1905 [Laws 1905, p. 340]).-Furlong v. South
Park Com'rs, 151 N. E. 510.

228 (Mass.) A proviso following general
provisions of statute is strictly construed as
taking no case not within its terms out of
general provisions. In re Opinion of the Jus-
tices, 151 N. E. 680.

219 (Ohio) Interpretation by canal com-
missioners of extent of powers under Act Feb.
4, 1825 (23 Ohio Laws, p. 56) § 8, to accept
grant of less than fee, acquiesced in for years,
will be adopted in so far as it affects vested
rights preserved under act so interpreted.-
(B) Particular Classes of Statutes.
State v. Middletown Hydraulic Co., 151 N. E.241(1) (Ind.App.) Penal statute will be
653.
strictly construed.-Van Arsdall v. Indiana Bell
Telephone Co., 151 N. E. 19.

2254 (111.) Legislative intention is indi-
cated that acts passed within week of each 241(1) (N.Y.) Penal statutes should be
other were not to apply to the same situation construed to give effect to intent of Legislature,
(Acts March 3, 1905 [Laws 1905, p. 333]; May which is presumed to believe that prohibited act
11, 1905 [Laws 1905, p. 334]; Act May 18, is vicious.-People v. Clark, 151 N. E. 631.

UNITED STATES.

CONSTITUTION.

Amends. 4, 5....
Amend. 13

Amend. 14

STATUTES CONSTRUED.

601
499

COMPILED STATUTES 1916, Ch. 42, § 311
OR 1918.
$ 18.
98 8604a.
411 $$ 8820-8823, 8827-8830.. 471 Ch. 120,
.333, 411, 471, § 9763....
452 Ch. 122,
675, 760, 839
390, 581, 775, 915 §§ 3115ee, 3115%q,
411 31154a-31154p

Ch. 48, §§ 138-172..
680 Ch. 105, §§ 67, 69, 70... 481
229 Ch. 105, 256 et seq..... 601
329 et seq..... 601

Amend. 14, § 1.

Amend. 15
Amend. 19....

690

INTERSTATE COMMERCE

COMPILED STATUTES 1918.

......

212

561

SMITH-HURD REVISED

STATUTES 1925.

......

119

Ch. 24, § 65

902

Ch. 24, §§ 313, 326..

888

ACT.
Compiled Statutes, § 8363 et
seq.
Ch. 104

COMPILED STATUTES AN-
NOTATED SUPPLE-
MENT 1919.

Ch. 24, § 698 et seq..

888

Ch. 24, 738

858

229

§§ 3115ee, 3115%q,
311534a-3115p
§§ 3115115a, 311515b....

Ch. 37, 416

884

1918, Sept. 26, ch. 177, 40
Stat. 968.

1919, March 2, ch. 94, §§ 1,
2, 40 Stat. 1272, 1273..
1919, Oct. 28, ch. 85, tit. 2,
§ 26, 41 Stat. 315.
1920, Feb. 28, ch. 91, §
206, 41 Stat. 461.
1922, Feb. 18, ch. 57, 42
Stat. 388...

1922, July 1, ch. 257, § 1,
42 Stat. 767.
1923, March 4, ch. 267, 42
Stat. 1499...

REVISED STATUTES.

§ 5136. Amended 1922,
July 1, ch. 257, § 1, 42
Stat. 767..

Ch. 122, par. 97(5)

452 HURD'S REVISED STAT- Ch. 139, par. 119

Ch. 39. Amended by Laws
1923, p. 325..

§ 5219. Amended 1923,
March 4, ch. 267, 42
Stat. 1499...

271 Ch. 121, §$ 269, 276, 283,

260

287, 299, 303.

372

271

1845.

CAHILL'S REVISED STAT-
UTES 1925.

369 Ch. 38, par. 195

505

REVISED STATUTES 1874. Ch. 121, par. 153
471 Ch. 114, § 46 ........... 542 Ch. 122

369 |Ch. 110, par. 118
Ch. 121, par. 62

673

601

276

673

673

601

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§ 1..

534 1837.

615

2227

730

1887, p. 156, § 1....

5344910.

739 $2315.

615

1895, p. 272

601

1895, pp. 275, 276, §§ 11,
13, 14....

$8 2316, 2317.

722

$2321.

615

1897, pp. 124, 125, §§ 65,

$65.

352

67. Amended by Laws
1917, p. 244, § 1.

§ 66.

355 $ 2569.

829

1897, p. 135, § 98..

481

1921, ch. 115, § 1.

15 $3854.

396

1901, p. 272

601

182.

411

5533 et seq..

220, 226

385 5540..

.220, 226

1905, pp. 333, 334,

340.. 510

295.

1907, p. 461, § 92.

534 $405.

740 $ 5542.

220

1909, p. 304

239 § 418..

1913, p. 335

606 $ 521

1913, p. 342, § 8(d)

606 656.

1913, p. 344,

Amended by Laws 1921,

§ 674.

p. 452..

890 $$ 796, 809..

1913, p. 350, § 19(h)

890 $ 998.

1917, p. 244, § 1.

481 $1392.

1917, p. 396,

1917, p. 696

546 $ 1887.

1917, pp. 699, 706, §§ 9, 10 546 §§ 1923-1925, 1927.

1919, p. 766

481 2013.

97

427 $8 10344, 10440..

683

$8 11566, 11567, 11580.

728

1919, p. 908, § 89a.

496 $ 2050.

827 $11767..

140

1921, p. 260

538 2065..

.697, 827

1921, p. 446

593 $2066.

827 $$ 12672, 12787, 12789.

333

329

§§ 12805-12807.

220

1921, p. 457

12828c..

365

1921, p. 460, § 24..

920 $ 2238.

1921, p. 470

900 $ 2240.

1921, p. 697, § 33.
1923, p. 325

4038 12931, 12945, 12946.
382 $ 14037, subsec. 14..

20

143

513 $ 2775..

735

1923, pp. 542-545, §§ 42a-
42d

1923, p. 592

1923, pp. 592, 594, §§ 89a,
89b, 89g..
1925, pp. 194, 235.
1925, p. 560

§§ 14072, 14076...

143

106

396

LAWS.

20

19

365 1807, pp. 192-199..
1869, ch. 16, § 3.

220

411

830

1869, ch. 16, § 3. Amend-

418

ed by Laws 1877, ch. 81,

§ 1...

411

411

$ 7441g.

140

1897, ch. 41, § 3..

424

INDIANA.

$ 7472.

367

1905, ch. 169, § 194..

730

CONSTITUTION 1816.

$$ 7733, 7793..

$$ 9100, 9111, 9120, 9548 728 1905, ch. 169, § 278..

352

1905, ch. 169, § 235..

329

615

Art. 4, § 9

407 $ 10476c

385

1905, ch. 169, § 350..

403

13
STAT-1907, ch. 172, §§ 1, 8.

1907, ch. 172, § 10. Amend-
ed by Laws 1909, ch. 104,

1907, ch. 144, § 8..
1907, ch. 172

728

220

220, 226

131 $ 1....

220

Art. 1, § 20

735 8 10476i

416 1907, ch. 223, §§ 2, 7..
390 1907, ch. 252'

692

418

Art. 1, § 21

355

1909, ch. 104, § 1.

220

Art. 1, § 23

1913, ch. 76, § 1.

222

390

UTES 1926.

1913, ch. 76, § 112. Amend-

833

ed by Laws 1919, ch.
168, §1...

19

65.

690 1913, ch. 76, §§ 114, 116.. 333

72.

352 1913, ch. 236, § 1..

615

73.

355 1913, ch. 236, § 8. Amend-

Art. 6, 2

$ 91.

690

407

ed by Laws 1919, ch. 33,

Art. 7, § 9

407

$ 1.....

615

Art. 8. § 1

$ 232.

411

$$ 270, 276, 277.

385 1915, ch. 87, § 1..

5

$302.

740 1915, ch. 105, § 9..

401

411 1915, ch. 106'

.705, 833

368.

Pages 50, 54....

407 $380.

Page 58...

411 S 389.

433 1915, ch. 106, §§ 2, 3.... 833
101 1915, ch. 106, § 8. Amend-
424 ed by Laws 1919, ch. 57,

433
§ 1..
352 1915, ch. 106, § 38(a).. 434
610 1915, ch. 106, 38(a).

17

701 Amended by Laws 1919,

110.

4 712.

Page 471,

418

ch. 57, § 1...

434

1 1915, ch. 106, § 62.

833

824 1915, ch. 179'

730

433 1917, ch. 4, § 20.

.405, 721

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PAGES' GENERAL CODE. 1908, p. 320. Amended by

Laws 1910, p. 106, § 1;
Laws 1915, p. 105, § 1;
Laws 1917, p. 617, § 1;
Laws 1919, pt. 1, p. 623,
§ 1..

653 1910, p. 106, § 1.
818 1915, p. 105,
750 1917, p. 617,
7501919, pt. 1, p.

II. REGULATION AND OPERATION. 112(3) (Mass.) Owner, suing for damages to truck struck by street car, has burden of proving chauffeur exercised due care.-Pitman & Brown Co. v. Eastern Massachusetts St. Ry. (A) Private Persons and Property in Gen

Street railway, sued for injuries to passenger in truck, has burden of proving contributory 58 (N.Y.) Laws 1923, c. 897, taxing monnegligence (G. L. c. 231, § 85).-Id. eyed capital competing with business of nation114(6) (Ind.App.) Evidence held to sus- al banks, must be interpreted in light of purtain finding that motorman of street car strik-pose_which led to its enactment.-People ex ing pedestrian at street intersection was neg-rel. Pratt v. Goldfogle, 151 N. E. 452. ligent.-Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. 73 (N.Y.) Purpose of statute relating to v. Vaughn, 151 N. E. 742.

117(29) (Mass.) Contributory negligence of motor truck passenger, injured by street car Shares of stock purchased as temporary instruck by truck, held for jury.-Pitman & vestment by one engaged in business competBrown Co. v. Eastern Massachusetts St. Ry.ing with national banks held taxable as monCo., 151 N. E. 315. eyed capital competing with national banks (Laws 1923, c. 897).-Id.