Carstens v. DeSellem

Citations

• 82 Wash. 643
• 144 P. 934

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Titles and Subjects. Constitution, art. 2, § 19, providing that no bill shall embrace more than one subject, expressed in its title, is not violated by 8 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 3000-1 et seg., entitled an act creating a department of agriculture, providing for the organization and administration thereof, defining the powers and duties of its officers and employees in relation to agriculture, horticulture, live stock, dairying, state fairs, foods, drinks, drugs, oils, and other kindred subjects, etc., since the object is to create a department of agriculture and define its duties, and it is immaterial that duties are imposed that do not strictly apply to agriculture.</p> <p>Statutes — Amendatory Acts — Titles and Subjects. Const., art.’ 2, § 37, providing that no act shall be revised or amended by mere reference to its title and the act revised or the section amended shall be set forth at full length, does not apply to an act that does not purport to be amendatory, but is an independent act directly repealing certain enumerated sections.</p> <p>Constitutional Law — Due Process of Law — Notice — Reasonableness — Right of Appeal to Courts. The horticultural act, requiring only five days’ notice before inspectors may enter and cut down diseased orchard trees, is not in contravention of the due process clause of the constitution in that five days is an unreasonable time, nor in that' no right of appeal is given from the decisions of the inspectors; in view of 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 3000-9, providing that any person aggrieved by any act of an inspector may appeal to the commissioners, who shall forthwith proceed to hear and determine such appeal and report his decision to appellant and the inspector, which decision shall not preclude an appeal or proper action in the courts in cases where such rights would otherwise exist.</p> <p>Constitutional Law — Legislative Powers — Delesation — Administrative Duties — Police Power. The horticultural law, Rem. & Bal. Code,