Preece v. Rampton

ELLETT, Justice:

By our decision as originally given1 we held that it was the constitutional duty of the state auditor to present all bills to the state treasurer for payment. The defendant has asked us for a hearing in order to enable the parties to allocate the duties of the state auditor and of the department of finance. In view of the Appropriations Act of the recent Budget Session, we think it appropriate to give some guidelines to the parties in regard to Items 32 and 33 of the Appropriations Act. These items in the sum of $882,000 were appropriated to the Department of Finance — General…