Excerpt from Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of the State of California: Year 1908 It seems to us, if your Excellency please, that this report would not be complete without calling your attention to that which we fully realize you are cognizant of, namely, the provisions of the Constitution, as follows: Section 21 of Article XII of the Constitution forbids discrimination, but provides no penalty, it being presumed that the Legislature would provide for that, as it is given the authority to do so under Section 22 of Article XII, which provides that The Legislature shall pass all laws necessary to the carrying out of this chapter. No such action has ever been taken by the Legislature, and Section 21, Article XII of the Constitution, therefore stands as inoperative, for the reason that no penalty is provided. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.