“It will be enough to cite this sentence from Maxwell on Interpretation of Statutes, at p. 286 of the 10th edition:”It is presumed, where the objects of the Act do not obviously imply such an intention, that the legislature does not desire to confiscate the property or to encroach upon the right of persons, and it is therefore expected that, if such be its intention, it will manifest it plainly, if not in express words at least by clear implication and beyond reasonable doubt.”
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