State v. Carbon Hill Coal Co.

Citations

• 4 Wash. 422
• 30 P. 728
• 1892 Wash. LEXIS 241

Syllabus

<p>STATUTES ON SAME SUBJECT-MATTER — REPEAL BY IMPLICATION.</p> <p>The act of 1883, regulating the operation of coal mines and providing for their inspection, is impliedly repealed by the act of February 2, 1888, entitled “An act in relation to coal mines,” which covers the same ground and has for its object the same general purposes; consequently, the four mill license tax upon every ton of coal mined, which the former act required, cannot be held to continue in operation when the substantial provisions of that act are replaced by a later enactment.</p>