104 Ga. 544 | Ga. | 1898
The only question presented for decision in the present case is, whether or not the local liquor act for the
The plaintiff in error relies upon the decision rendered by this court in the case of Sasser v. State, 99 Ga. 54, in which this court, in dealing with a similar act relating to the sale of liquors in the county of Bulloch, held that so much of the same as undertook to make it a misdemeanor to sell spirituous or intoxicating liquors in that county without a license was unconstitutional. The only difference material to the present inquiry between Sasser’s case and the case at bar is, that the title to the Screven county act concludes with the words “and for other purposes,” whereas these words do not appear in the title of the act relating to Bulloch county. The question therefore is: did the words just quoted warrant the insertion in the body of the Screven county act of a section making penal the sales thereby prohibited? This court has several times had under consideration the question as to what effect should be given to the words “and for other purposes” in the title of an act. Its last utterance upon this question is.in the case of Butner v. Boifeuillet, 100 Ga. 743. After careful consideration, the conclusion was reached in that case, that these words “may well include and render constitutional incidental provisions which are ger
Judgment affirmed.