140 Ala. 460 | Ala. | 1903
This case involves the validity of an act of the last legislature, repealing a former act regulating” the trial of misdemeanors in Lawrence county.
There is no dispute that the act, the validity of which is called in question, is a local law. Section 106 of the Constitution provides, that “No special, private or local law shall be passed on any subject not enu
Section 107 provides: “Tbe Legislature shall not, by special, private or local law, repeal or modify any special, private or local law except upon notice being given and shown as provided in tbe last preceding section.”
A notice by W. T. Lowe of bis intention to apply for a law7 by tbe legislature, to repeal tbe act referred to in tbe title of tbe repealing act in question, appears in tbe transcript. But, tbe requisite proof of this notice was not made. Tbe proof submitted with tbe act to show a compliance with tbe constitutional requirement, was an affidavit by Jourd White as follows: “Tbe State of Alabama, Lawrence county. Before me, R. Lowe, a notary public in and for said county, personally appeared Jourd White, who, after being duly sworn, says be is tbe editor and publisher of tbe Moulton Advertiser, a newspaper published at Moulton, in Lawrence county, Alabama, and that tbe notice herewith attached has been published once a week. This August 29, 1903. (Signed) Jourd White. R. Lowe, Notary Public.”
.We do not consider whether tbe notice was sufficient, if properly proved.
It will be observed, that this affidavit stated no more than that Mr. White was editor and publisher of tbe Moulton Advertiser, a newspaper published in Lawrence county, and that the notice referred to has been pub
Affirmed.