Congress'" 'intention'"to permit suspensions of deportation" 'with their power to carry that intention into effect.'"

"It is by a mere figure of speech that we say an unconstitutional provision of a statute is `stricken out.'For all the purposes of construction it is to be regarded as part of the act. The meaning of the Legislature must be gathered from all they have said, as well from that which is ineffective for want of power, as from that which is authorized by law. "

Whether one portion of a statute is severable from the rest depends on its connection to and dependence on the other provisions.

Only with that restricted meaning did they receive the legislative sanction which was essential to make them part of the statute law of the State; and no other authority is competent to give them a larger application. 257 US 478, 484–85 (1922

In sum, to view the restraining mechanism of § 602 (c)(2) as somehow ancillary to the delegation of authority over the criminal code would not only "mutilate the section and garble its meaning," but enlarge the scope of power of the City Council far beyond the intention of Congress.

—it was held, in paragraph one of the syllabus: "The power to fix the times of holding elections*** is vested by the constitution in the legislature, and when a time has been so fixed by that body, any election*** held at a different time is unauthorized and void."

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