The said inhibition is not lifted until the same is done." Rodolf v. Board of Com'rs of Tulsa Co., 122 Okla. 120, 251 P. 740. 2. Same — Act Fixing Salaries of Officers of but One County Held Violative of Constitution Prohibiting Special Laws Where General Law Can Be Made Applicable.
" To consider may mean more than to deliberate or adjudge. It may mean "to entertain" or "give heed"; "to fix the mind on with a view to careful examination"; "to examine." Eastman Kodak Co. v. Richards, 123 Misc. 83, 204 N.Y.S. 246 (1924); Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Colorado Loan Trust Co., 20 Colo. 1, 36 P. 793 (1894); Rodolf v. Board of Commissioners of Tulsa County, 122 Okla. 120, 251 P. 740 (1926); United Bro. of Carpenters v. Industrial Commission, 363 S.W.2d 82 (Mo.App. 1962); Black's Law Dictionary, 4th Ed. See also, People v. Tru-Sport Pub. Co., Inc, 160 Misc. 628, 291 N.Y.S. 449 (1936). Even though the word "consider" might be given the very narrow connotation of "deliberate," as implied by the majority opinion, this is not at all consistent with the obvious purpose of the exception and would leave the commission free to hold a public hearing of evidence on charges against an employee over his objection.
The trial court rendered a judgment in favor of the plaintiff on this contention, and defendant appealed. The levy was made under the provisions of chapter 158, S. L. 1925, which this court, in Rodolf v. Board of County Commissioners, 122 Okla. 120, 251 P. 740, held not to have been properly adopted and to be without force and effect. Defendant contends that plaintiff may not avail himself of the invalidity of this act for the reason that the protest was based upon the excess of the levy only.
To entertain or give heed to. Rodolf v. Board of Com'rs of Tulsa County, 122 Okla. 120, 251 P. 740, 741". Black's Law Dictionary.
Failure to comply with these requirements renders the special or local law void. Rodolf v. Board of Commissioners of Tulsa County, 251 P. 740 (Okla 1926); Chickasha Cotton Oil Co. v. Lamb Tyner, 114 P. 333 (Okla. 1911).