...353, IOC Рае. 362, this court announced the universal rule of statutory construction as follows: "A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as If it were within the letter. » * * Necessarily the courts must look to the statute itself, its history, or both, for the key to...

...persuasive presumption of intent may be overthrown only by words of clear and unmistakable import 349A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter... 444 "Wfaere a provision in au appropriation act, of geneml application, is not expressly restricted...

...obeved. " Hardestv v. Tnft, 2У Md. 513. "A thing which is within the intention of the makers of u statute Is as much within the statute as if it were...the letter, and a thing which is within the letter of the statute Is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention oí the makers, and such...

...that they never intended or contemplated the exercise of such powers as were attempted in this case. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if within the letter, and a thing which is within the letter is not within statute unless it be within...

...persuasive presumption of intent may bo overthrown only by words of clear and unmistakable import 349A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute KB if it were within the letter... 444 Where a provision in an appropriation act, of general application,...

...defeat the purpose of the legislature. "A thing which is within the intention of the makers of the statute, is as much within the statute, as if it were within the letter. " United States v. Freeman, 3 How. 556. "The spirit as well as the letter of a statute must be respected,...

...20 Wend., 447; Com. Dig., tit. Devise, ». 12. " A thing within the intention of the makers of the statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter." Stoioelv. Zouch, 1 Plowd., 866; U. 8. v. Freeman, 8 How., 565. But we do not place our decision upon...

...not to include therein all that the words express. "It is a familiar canon of construction that the thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute Is aa much within the statute as If It were within the letter, and a thing which is within the letter...

...control. As is well said In Rlggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506, 22 NE 188, 5 LRA 340, 12 Am. St Rep. 819: "A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a stn'ute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within...

...cannot be doubted that they would have provided for it. It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers...the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. The writers...