Show II I TH IDAHO FEE LAW I The decision of the supreme court of Idaho in the fee law case is a very important im-portant one and will doubtless affect many of the states laws should their constitutionality be questioned The gist of the decision is in the conclusions conclu-sions reached by the court which are in these terms First To determine the validity of I a statute the court can and should in the proper case go tack of the enrolled en-rolled l bill 1 to the journals of both I houses to ascertain whether heb requirements re-quirements of the constitution were complied with by the legislature in enacting such statute Second The act in question is void in toto by reason of the failure of the journals of the legislature to show a compliance with the requirements cf the constitution In passing said act I The second conclusion Is the more important and the one that will cause whatever trouble may result from the I derision I says very plainly that the journals must show affirmatively that I all constitutional requirements have been complied with leaving nothing t whatever to presumption The decision construes a provision of the Idaho constitution and not a mere statute and it holds the provision to be mandatory manda-tory and not simply directory There can scarcely be any doubt I that there is to much looseness in the enactment of laws Legislators go I along paying but small heed to what the constitution directs in the matter of following a certain method in passing laws I these directions were followed there would seldom or never be any question as to the validity of a statute so far as its proper enactment is concerned Matters are too often permitted to g along in a loose and slipshod way through very often a desire to get rid of a certain measure and to hurry things along and the result is that haste makes waste in I other words the will is 1 taken for the deed More care on the part of lawmakers I law-makers would obviate the trouble that has arisen in Idaho I |