State ex rel. McMaster v. Reeves
South Dakota Supreme Court
Original proceedings by the State of South- Dakota, on the relation of William 'H. McMaster, Governor, against Jay Reeves, as Auditor of the State of South 'Dakota; .Byron S. Payne, as Attorney General, and Fred L. Shaw, as Superintendent of Public Instruction, intervening; praying' for a writ of prohibition against the defendant Jay Reeves, as Auditor .aforesaid, prohibiting and restraining him from issuing warrants on the state and on the State Treasurer (as to the -cause…
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Original proceedings by the State of South- Dakota, on the relation of William 'H. McMaster, Governor, against Jay Reeves, as Auditor of the State of South 'Dakota; .Byron S. Payne, as Attorney General, and Fred L. Shaw, as Superintendent of Public Instruction, intervening; praying' for a writ of prohibition against the defendant Jay Reeves, as Auditor .aforesaid, prohibiting and restraining him from issuing warrants on the state and on the State Treasurer (as to the -cause of action in Part I set forth) to Byron S. Payne, Attorney General, in- payment of his salary as a member of the State…
1Opinion of the Court
PART I.
HAYES, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). The relator petitions the court for a writ of prohibition to restrain the state Auditor from issuing warrants to the Attorney General in payment of his salary of $1,200 per annum, as a member of the State Securities Commission. Defendant demurs to the petition, and the issue raised relates to the validity of section No. 10127 of the Revised Code of 1919, as amended by section 1 of chapter 82 of the Laws of the Second Special Session of' 1920. The amendment is as follows:
“The Securities Commission, heretofore .created, whose duty it shall…
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