State ex rel. Andrews v. Zangerle

Citations

• 101 Ohio St. (N.S.) 235

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Amendment or repeal — Pending proceedings unaffected — Section 26,. General Code — Act of February 20, 1920 (108 O. L., pt. 2, 1188) — Increasing interest rate of road bonds — Effect on pending improvements and assessments — “Proceeding” and “expressly” construed.</p> <p>1. An order or resolution declaring for or in favor of a county road improvement, or fixing the assessment therefor, is a “proceeding” within the contemplation of Section 26, General Code.</p> <p>2. Section 26, General Code, is a rule of legislative interpretation and is to be construed as a part of any amended act, unless such amendment otherwise expressly provides.</p> <p>3. The word “expressly,” as used in the statute, carries its usual and customary meaning, to-wit: Clear, definite, plain, direct; as stated or written in the statute, and not left to inference or implication.</p>