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One the office of which is to declare what shall be taken tobe the true meaning and intent of a statute previously enacted. Black, Const. Law, (3ded.) 89. And see Lindsay v. United States Sav. & Loan Co.. 120 Ala. 15G, 24 South.171, 42 L. R. A. 783.

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