State ex rel. Guthrie v. Board of Commissioners for the Management & Investment of the School Fund
Supreme Court of Kansas
Application for Mandamus, SJiatonee County. Tlie facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court. contended: 1. The question submitted involves the constitutionality of the act of March, 1868, and its conflict with art. 11, sec. 3, of the constitution. 2. I assume the proposition that this section of the constitution imposes a duty on the legislature to “provide, each year, for raising revenue sufficient to defray the current expenses of the state.”
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Application for Mandamus, SJiatonee County. Tlie facts of the case appear in the opinion of the court. contended: 1. The question submitted involves the constitutionality of the act of March, 1868, and its conflict with art. 11, sec. 3, of the constitution. 2. I assume the proposition that this section of the constitution imposes a duty on the legislature to “provide, each year, for raising revenue sufficient to defray the current expenses of the state.” It is a duty imposed on each legislature to levy a tax on all the property of the state, subject to taxation, for the purpose of raising…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Kingman, C. J.
The relator shows, by affidavit, that he is the owner of a warrant, drawn by the auditor of state on the treasurer, for $93, it being for a portion of his pay as member of the legislature for the current year; that he presented said warrant to the state treasurer, and was refused payment for want of funds. That the governor of the state had tendered to the board of commissioners for the management and investment of the sóhool fund the bonds of the state, as provided by the act entitled “An act providing for the issuance and sale of the bonds of the state, for the…
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