Saunders v. Board of Liquidation of City Debt

Citations

• 110 La. 313
• 34 So. 457
• 1903 La. LEXIS 630

Syllabus

<p>CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT — SUBMISSION-PROCEDURE — TITLE TO AMENDMENT.</p> <p>1. The word “read,” employed in articles 39 and 321 of the Constitution of 1898, is to be interpreted according to its received meaning and interpretation by legislative bodies. It has not its usual popular signification.</p> <p>2. It is not essentially necessary, under article 321 of the Constitution, that, prior to the submission of amendments to the Constitution to the people, the proposed amendments should have been read in full three times on three separate days in the respective houses of the General Assembly. The action of the General Assembly in respect to that matter is legislative in character.</p> <p>3. While it is not contemplated that proposed amendments to the Constitution should be preceded by a “title,” there is no legal reason why a title should not be given them for identification and verification for the purposes of legislative action.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>