§  111.  Computation  of  time  when  an  act  is  to  take  eflFect
in  a  specified  number  of  days. —  Such  a  computation  must  be
made  when  by  constitutional  or  statutory  provision  a  statute
is  to  go  into  operation  in  a  specified  number  of  days  after  its
passage,  or  after  the  adjournment  of  the  legislature,  or  is  to
take  effect  in  a  given  time  after  its  passage  by  the  two  houses,
in  the  absence  of  executive  action  upon  it.  Periods  of  time
are  prescribed  in  statutes,  or  fixed  by  the  common  law,  for
thi'ee  purposes :  First,  to  limit  the  time  within  which  only  some-


Re  "Wynne,  Chase's  Dec.  227 ;  Osborne
V.  Hiiger,  1  Bay,  176.  See  King  v.
Moore,  Jeff.  (Va.)  8.
In  the  Matter  of  Richardson,  supra.
