State ex rel. Atty. Gen. v. Board of Sup'rs

This is a mandamus suit brought by the state to compel the board of supervisors of Stone county to budget and make provision for the expenditure for tick eradication work in that county for the next year, tinder the Budget Law (chapter 225, Acts of 1922). From a judgment sustaining a demurrer to the petition and dismissing the cause, this appeal is prosecuted by the state.

The appeal presents for our consideration the construction and validity of the Budget Law (chapter 225, Acts of 1922), and especially section 6 of the act, which'is challenged by the state as unconstitutional and void.

The…