Murray v. Colgan

Citations

• 94 Cal. 435
• 29 P. 871
• 1892 Cal. LEXIS 705

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional Law — Act to Encourage Cultivation of Ramie — Distinct Items of Appropriation.—The act of the legislature of March 31, 1891 (Stats. 1891, p. 283) entitled “An act to encourage the cultivation of ramie in the state of California, to provide a bounty forrarme fiber, and to make an appropriation therefor; to appoint a state superintendent of ramie culture, and make an appropriation for his salary,” — is unconstitutional, as being in violation of section 34 of article IV. of the constitution, providing that no bill making an appropriation of money, except the general appropriation bill, shall contain more than one item of appropriation, and that for one single purpose.</p> <p>Id. — General Purpose of Distinct Appropriation — Construction of Constitution. — The fact that an act making two or more distinct appropriations has but one general purpose, and that the distinct appropriations subserve that general purpose, will not render it consistent with the constitution, which forbids more than one item of appropriation in the same bill for any one purpose, and requires the one item to be “for one single and certain purpose.”</p>