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1 Pt. 2 The Codes of California as Amended and in Force at the Close of the Forty-Third [Fourth] Session of the Legislature, 1919-[1921](2d ed., James M. Kerr, ann.) i (1921)

handle is hein.sstatutes/ccaforl0002 and id is 1 raw text is: THE CODES OF CALIFORNIA AS AMENDED AND IN FORCE AT THE CLOSE OF THE FORTY-THIRD SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, 1919 IN FOUR VOLUMES FULLY ANNOTATED BY JAMES M. KERR SECOND EDITION VOLUME ONE POLITICAL CODE Adopted March 12, 1872 The constitution is the fundamental law of the state, in opposition to which any other law, or any direction or order, must be inoper- ative and void. -Cooley's Constitutional Limitations, 4th ed., 56 (* 45). An act repugnant to the constitution can not become a law.-Marbury v. Madison, 5 U. S. (1 Cr.) 137, 2 L. ed. 60. This is a government of laws, not of men.' '-Marbury v. Madison, 6 U. S. (1 Cr.) 137, 168, 2 L. ed. 60, 69. ' To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained ? Marburg v. Madison, 6 U. 8. (1 Cr.) 137, 176, 2 L. ed. 60, 73. PART TWO-SECTIONS 33954505 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA BENDER-MOSS COMPANY 1921