Tipton v. Parker
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Joseph W. Martin, Judge. Petition for mandamus by H. D. Parker and another to compel H. C. Tipton, treasurer of the State of Arkansas, to accept an auditor’s certificate of indebtedness in part payment of a half section of land which Parker desired to purchase from the state.
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Appeal from Pulaski Circuit Court. Joseph W. Martin, Judge. Petition for mandamus by H. D. Parker and another to compel H. C. Tipton, treasurer of the State of Arkansas, to accept an auditor’s certificate of indebtedness in part payment of a half section of land which Parker desired to purchase from the state. The certificate was numbered 54, dated January 12, 1882, and was for the sum of $72. It appears that C. E. Mitchel was a member of the committee on auditor’s and treasurer’s books, appointed by the senate of the general assembly of 1881; that said committee was directed by a resolution…
1Opinion of the CourtWood, J.
Under section 4565'of Sandels & Hill's Digest the certificate of indebtedness of the auditor was receivable as part of the purchase money of lands which had been forfeited to the state for the non-payment of taxes, provided the certificate was issued according to law. So the question presented here is, Did the senate of 1881, by a resolution of its own not concurred in by the house, have authority to extend the powers and duties of a senate committee beyond the duration of the session of the general assembly, and to fix the compensation of the members of such committee, while performing their…
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