Ritzman v. Campbell

Citations

• 93 Ohio St. (N.S.) 246

Syllabus

<p>Acts of general assembly — Enrolled bill may be impeached, when — Legislative journals conclusive evidence, when — Effect of attestation of presiding officers — Civil service act — Amended Sections 486-1 to 486-31, General Code (106 O. L., 400).</p> <p>1. A duly enrolled bill, although publicly signed by the presiding officer of each house, in the presence of the house over which he presides, while the same was in session and capable of doing business, and afterward approved by the governor and filed by him with the secretary of state, may be impeached on the ground that it has not received a constitutional majority of the members elect of both branches of the general assembly, and upon this question the legislative journals must provide the appropriate as well as the conclusive evidence.</p> <p>2. Such enrolled bill, so authenticated, is conclusive upon the courts as to the contents thereof, since the attestation of the presiding officers of the general assembly is a solemn declaration of a coordinate branch of the state government that the bill as enrolled was duly enacted by the legislature.</p>