§ 152. Miscellaneous acts relating to municipal corporations.

153. Acts relating to counties and county seats.

154. Acts relating to schools, school districts and education.

155. Acts relating to offices and officers.

156. Acts relating to irrigation, drainage, levees, and the like.

157. Acts relating to roads, bridges, ferries, etc.

158. Acts relating to courts and judicial practice and proceedings.

159. Acts relating to probate law and the descent and distribution

of property.

160. Acts relating to elections.

161. Acts relating to taxation and revenue.

162. Curative acts and provisions.

163. Acts relating to intoxicating liquors.

164 Pure food laws.

165. Acts relating to gaming, pool-selling, etc.

166. Acts relating to fish, game, etc.

167. Acts relating to crimes in general.

168. Acts relating to convicts and penal institutions.

169.

Miscellaneous cases in which acts were held to conform to the

constitution as to title.

170. Miscellaneous cases in which acts were held not to conform to

the constitution as to title.

171. Miscellaneous points as to titles.

CHAPTER V.

TIME OF TAKING EFFECT.

§ 172. When silent as to commencement - Date of passage.

173. Acts of parliament formerly took effect from the first day of

the session.

174. The actual date of passage adopted in this country.

175. The legislature may fix a future day for an act to take effect.

176. Constitutional provisions regulating the time of acts taking

effect-Emergency clause.

177. Where the constitution requires the legislature to fix the time.

178. Taking effect on publication.

179. The precise time of taking effect - Fractions of a day.

180. Acts approved on the same day.

181. Time of taking effect - Miscellaneous cases.

182. When act provides for things to be done before it takes effect.

183. Meaning of words "now," "heretofore," "hereafter,' "from and

after the passage of this act," etc.

184-187. Computation of time when an act is to take effect in a speci-

fied number of days.

188. When Sundays are included or excluded.

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CHAPTER VI.

REQUIREMENT OF GENERAL LAWS AND THAT THEY BE OF UNIFORM OPERA-

TION.

§ 189. The constitutional requirements.

190. The constitutional provisions mandatory.

191. When a general law on the subject is in existence.

192. Local and special laws valid if not forbidden.

193. Peculiar provision in South Carolina.

194-196. What are general laws - General principles.

197. What are laws of a general nature.

198. The uniform operation of laws of a general nature.

199. Special and local laws.

200. Whether act general or special - General principles-Not a

question of form.

201. Acts whose operation is dependent upon local adoption -

fect of limit of time for adoption.

202. Class legislation.

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203. Classification of subjects for legislation — General principles.

204. Classification of municipalities according to population - Cali-

211. For what purposes the classification of municipalities is per-

missible.

212. Municipalities under special charters.

213. Other classification of municipalities or for municipal purposes.

214. Classification based on existing or past conditions.

215. Validity of class not dependent upon number - Classes of one

or a few.

216. Evasive classification - Examples.

217. Classification of counties and legislation in respect thereto.

218. Schools, school districts and school affairs.

AMENDATORY ACTS AND ACTS TO REVIVE, ADOPT OR EXTEND THE PRO-

VISIONS OF OTHER ACTS.

$230. The constitutional requirement as to amendments and its pur-

pose.

231. Requisites of amendatory act.

232. Constitutional provisions in Georgia, Nebraska and Tennessee.

233. Amendment of repealed or void act or section.

234. Effect of second amendment of section which ignores prior

amendment.

235. When section subdivided into clauses or paragraphs.

236. Discrepancy between amendment specified and section as

amended.

237. Effect of amendment “so as to read as follows."

238. Repeal and re-enactment-Construction and effect.

239. Amendments by implication not within the constitutional re-

quirement- Acts complete in themselves.

240. Whether act amendatory within the constitutional provision —

Illustrations.

241. Miscellaneous cases and questions in regard to amendatory acts.

242. Revival of law.

243. Constitutional provisions against adopting or extending the

provisions of a law.

CHAPTER VIIL

REPEALS AND REPEALING ACTS.

§ 244. Duration of statutes and power of repeal.

245. Repealing effect of an unconstitutional statute.

246. Modes of repeal - Express or implied - Effect of disuse.

247. Repeals by implication-General rules - Same not favored.

248. Negative and affirmative statutes.

249. Repealing effect of affirmative statutes conferring power and

regulating its exercise.

250. New grant of part of power already possessed.

251-253. Repealing effect of new statutes changing criminal laws.

254. Statutes granting larger or different power or right.

255. Repeal by radical change of leading part or system.

256. Effect of clause repealing all acts and parts of acts inconsistent

with new law.

257. Effect of repeal of statute adopted by reference.

§ 258. Reconcilement of affirmative statutes

Illustrations.

259. Repeal by implication - Particular acts construed - Acts re-

lating to the liquor traffic.

260. Same-Acts relating to courts, jurisdiction, practice, proced-

ure, etc.

261. Same-Acts relating to officers, their election, appointment,

removal, fees, compensation, etc.

262. Same-Acts relating to municipal corporations.

263. Same-Acts relating to revenue, taxation, bonds, assessments,

etc.

264. Same

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- Acts relating to married women.

265. Same-Acts relating to the limitation of actions.

266. Same-Miscellaneous cases.

267. Repeals by implication avoided, if possible.

268. Acts passed at same session - Provisions in same act.

269. Repeal by revision.

270, 271. As a general rule whatever is excluded from the revised

act is repealed.

272. Apparent exceptions to the general rule- Effect of express re-

peal of inconsistent acts and parts of acts.

273. Repeal and re-enactment - Effect of re-enactment on interme-

diate acts.

274, 275. As a rule general laws will not impliedly repeal those which

are special or local.

276. The question is one of intent.

277. Illustrations - Local and special acts held to be repealed by

general acts.

278. Illustrations - Local and special acts held not to be repealed

by general acts.

279. Effect of constitutional provisions requiring general laws and

laws of uniform operation upon repeal of special by general

laws.

280. What is the later law which is potent to repeal.

281. Effect where different statutes are incorporated into a revision.

282. Effect of repeal in general

283. Effect on inchoate rights.

284. Effect on vested rights.

285. Effect on powers, jurisdiction and pending proceedings.

286. Effect of repeal of a penal statute.

287. Saving clauses and general saving statutes.

288. Revival by repeal of repealing statute.

289. Constitutional provisions as to repeals.

290. Repeal by constitution.

291. An act to repeal a void act.

292. Construction of express repeals.

§ 293. Errors and mistakes in express repeals.

294. Effect of a statute and its repeal upon the common law.

295. Miscellaneous points and cases.

CHAPTER IX.

STATUTES VOID IN PART.

§ 296. Statutes may be void in part and good in part.

297. General rules and principles.

298. Rule when physical severance is impossible-Whether words or

provisions can be severed in their application or scope.

299, 300. The same question in case of criminal statutes.

301, 302. The main purpose being unconstitutional the whole act void.

303. When the void part is inducement to or consideration of residue

of act.

304 Same-Illustrations.

305. The valid part must be complete and accord with the legislative

intent.

306. Effect of void exceptions, provisos, restrictions, etc.

307. When act intended to operate as a whole.

JUDICIAL NOTICE AND PROOF OF STATUTES AND OF FACTS RELATING TO

THEIR VALIDITY, OPERATION AND CONSTRUCTION.

§ 309. Judicial notice of statutes.

310. Courts will take notice of facts that affect the validity, oper-

ation or construction of a statute.

311. Judicial notice of facts relating to the passage or existence of

statutes.

312. Judicial notice of English statutes and of the common law.
313.

State statutes in the federal courts.

314, 315. Interpretation of state and federal laws.

316-319. Foreign statutes, how proved.

320. The functions of the court and jury in regard to foreign laws.
321, 322.

323.

Private statutes.

Miscellaneous cases.

CHAPTER XL

CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF STATUTES.

§ 324. The names of statutes.

325. Ancient statutes of England.

326. Federal, state, territorial and colonial statutes.