Patterson Foundry & Machine Co. v. Ohio River Power Co.

Citations

• 99 Ohio St. (N.S.) 429

Syllabus

<p>Act of legislature — Date of passage defined — Effect of postponing date of operation — Public utilities commission act — Contracts for service controlled thereby, when.</p> <p>1. The date of the passage of an act is the date of the last action .required to complete the process of legislation and give the bill the force of law.</p> <p>2. Where a future time is named in an act when it shall become effective, it will speak and operate only from that time unless a different intention is manifested.</p> <p>3. The public utilities act (102 O. L., 549) was passed June 14, 1911, and any contract for service entered into by a public utility and its patron subsequent to that date is subject to the supervision of the public utilities commission, and is not binding and enforceable in so far as it conflicts with the rates established through the commission.</p>