Morss v. Gleason

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• upholding a statute regulating motor vehicles, although one section of the act merely provided for disposition of the funds derived from license and registration fees; such disposition was said to follow naturally from the fee-collection provision
• automobile registration and license fees earmarked for fund to assist in construction and repair of highways; disposition of monies germane to single subject of enactment
• disposition of license fees collected was germane to the purpose of the entire act
• disposition of license fees collected was germane to the purpose of the entire act
• “The word ‘shall’ in its ordinary sense, is imperative. . . . But the intent of the act controls, and when the spirit and purpose of the act require the word ‘shall’ to be construed as permissive, it will be done.”
• “The word ‘shall’ in its ordinary sense, is imperative. . . . But the intent of the act controls, and, when the spirit and purpose of the act require the word ‘shall’ to be construed as permissive, it will be done.”

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