Vietnam Veterans Against the War v. Veterans Memorial Auditorium Commission

MOORE, Chief Justice.

As authorized by Code chapter 37, the citizens of the City of Des Moines by vote approved construction of the Veterans Auditorium. City bonds were issued to pay the costs thereof. It was built and for many years has been operated entirely as a City of Des Moines project. Each named defendant commissioner is a resident of Des Moines.

Plaintiff’s action contests the constitutionality of section 37.10 which provides:

“Each such commissioner shall be an honorably discharged soldier, sailor, or marine of the United States, selected in the following manner:

“Within sixty days…