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" If, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken out, that which remains is complete in itself, and. capable of being executed in accordance with the apparent legislative intent, wholly independent of that which was rejected, it must be sustained. "
The Southwestern Reporter - Page 408
1911
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 65

Alabama. Supreme Court - 1881 - 768 pages
...remaining portions. 2. Statute portly 'niconntUutiunal, — When part of a statute is unconstitutional, "if that which remains is complete in itself, and capable...legislative intent, wholly independent of that which is rejected, it must be sustained." 3. Limitation of action ayainst railroad company, for injuries...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 148

Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1907 - 792 pages
...eliminating objectionable provisions, leaving those which are not objectionable to stand. The rule is : " If, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken...which remains is complete in itself, and capable of 1907] WAYNE Co. ROAD COM'BS v. AUDITORS. 269 being executed in accordance with the apparent legislative...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 222

Illinois. Supreme Court - 1907 - 712 pages
...rule which prevails as to statutes containing constitutional and unconstitutional provisions is, that if, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken...is complete in itself and capable of being executed with the apparent legislative intent, wholly independent of that which is rejected, the remaining constitutional...
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A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative ...

Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 pages
...sections is purely artificial ; but whether they are essentially and inseparably connected in substance.2 If, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken...complete in itself, and capable of being executed wholly independent of that which was rejected, it must be sustained. The difficulty is in determining...
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North Carolina Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 140

North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1905 - 922 pages
...general purpose. The rule is thus stated: "Where the unconstitutional portions are stricken out and that which remains is complete in itself and capable...in accordance with the apparent legislative intent, it must be sustained." 26 Am. & Eng. Enc. LOWERY v. SCHOOL TRUSTEES. (2 Ed.), 570, in which a large...
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Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, Volume 8

Nevada. Supreme Court - 1873 - 436 pages
...22 Cal. 386. The true test of the constitutionality of such laws is thus expressed by Judge Cooley: "If, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken...is complete in itself and capable of being executed wholly independent of that which was rejected, it must be sustained." Applying these rules to the act...
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The Central Law Journal, Volume 83

1916 - 502 pages
...invalid." 6 Am. and Eng. Encyc. Law, 1089. And : "When the unobjectionable portion is distinct and complete in itself and capable of being executed in...apparent legislative intent, wholly independent of that portion which is invalid, the former will be upheld." Ibid. 1088. It seems very difficult indeed to...
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Documents Accompanying the Journal of the House, Part 1

Michigan. Legislature - 1875 - 1074 pages
...without the other." The question is " whether they are inseparably connected in substance ; whether, when the unconstitutional portion is stricken out,...intent, wholly independent of that which was rejected," if so it must be sustained, otherwise not. — Cooley's Const, Lim., p. 178. In my opinion, the clause...
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Reports of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada, Volume 10

Nevada. Supreme Court - 1876 - 518 pages
...12 Wall. 430; Paul v. Virginia, 8 Wall. 180; Slaughter-House Cases, 16 Wall. 767; 18 Wall. 138-9.) If when the unconstitutional portion is stricken out,...of that which was rejected, it must be sustained. (Cooley's Const. Lim. 176; LatJn-op v. Mills, 19 Cal. 530; Slawson v. City of Eacine, 13 Wis. 404;...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory ..., Volume 26

Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1904 - 598 pages
...Cooley, in his work on Const. Lim. (6 Ed.), p. 211, in part says : "If when the unconstitutional part is stricken out, that which remains is complete in...legislative intent, wholly independent of that which is rejected, it must be sustained." This doctrine has been repeatedly declared and followed by this...
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