State ex rel. Dildine v. Collins
Montana Supreme Court
Application by the state, on the relation of George Dildine, for a.writ of mandamus to compel Timothy E. Collins, state treasurer, to pay a certain warrant drawn by the building commission of the state university. Statement of- the case by the justice delivering the opinion.
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Application by the state, on the relation of George Dildine, for a.writ of mandamus to compel Timothy E. Collins, state treasurer, to pay a certain warrant drawn by the building commission of the state university. Statement of- the case by the justice delivering the opinion. The petitioner sets forth that a building commission was created pursuant to the provisions of ‘ ‘An act to provide for the erection, completion, furnishing and equipment of buildings for the University of Montana,” and that said commission was duly organized; that bonds were issued to the amount of §100,000, secured by…
1Opinion of the CourtHunt, J.
—The case submitted presents the question whether, under the act of the legislature (Session Laws 1897, page 58) referred to in the statement of facts, the claini for the warrant drawn in favor of the petitioner ought to have been passed upon by the state board of examiners before the state treasurer was authorized to pay it.
Section 20 of Article 7 of the Constitution is as follows: “The governor, secretary of state and attorney general shall constitute a board of state prison commissioners, which board shall have supervision of all matters connected with the state prisons as may be…
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