Moore v. Moore

This is a petition for mandamus to compel the Auditor of Public Accounts to issue his warrant in favor of the petitioner for compensation claimed to be due bim under an act of the General Assembly approved March 24, 1924 (Acts 1924, page 460), amending and re*462enacting section 44 of the tax bill, relating to inheritance taxes.

Subsection 20 of section 44, which is to be construed, reads: “The expense of the execution of this act shall be paid by the Auditor of Public Accounts out of the funds collected hereunder, but the Auditor shall not', under the authority of this section, pay out of said…