Gunther v. Huneke

Citations

• 58 Wash. 494
• 108 P. 1078
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 962

Syllabus

<p>Intoxicating Liquors—Local Option — Statutes — Conflicting Acts. The local option law of March 12, 1909 (Rem. & Bal. Code, ■§ 6992), providing that the portion of each county outside of certain cities and towns shall he a unit and shall decide upon the question of the sale of intoxicating liquors, is in direct conflict with, and being the later enactment controls, the act of March 3, 1909 (Rem. & Bal. Code, § 9339%), providing that each township in counties in which the township government has been adopted shall have the power to determine whether licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors shall be issued therein.</p> <p>Same—Statutes—Application—Repeals—Legislative Power— Restricting Subsequent Action. The local option law of 1909, being a general law applicable to all counties of the state, prevails over previous enactments, and applies to counties that had already adopted township government whereby a different system of regulation was provided, notwithstanding that an amendment to the township government act (passed previously at the same session of the legislature) provided that no act thereafter passed shall be construed as altering, amending or repealing any of its provisions; since repeals by implication cannot be thus prevented.</p>