State ex rel. Eaton v. Gmelich
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. It is the contention of relators that the General Assembly of 1907 created and established the “Missouri State Sanitarium Fund,” and made proper appropriation for the support of this institution by section 27a, Laws 1907, page 37. It is clear that if the Legislature had used the following language (which it did) to-wit: “There is hereby appropriated out of the State Treasury, chargeable to the Missouri State Sanitarium Fund, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars…
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Mandamus. It is the contention of relators that the General Assembly of 1907 created and established the “Missouri State Sanitarium Fund,” and made proper appropriation for the support of this institution by section 27a, Laws 1907, page 37. It is clear that if the Legislature had used the following language (which it did) to-wit: “There is hereby appropriated out of the State Treasury, chargeable to the Missouri State Sanitarium Fund, the sum of seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000.00),” and then quit, respondent would have had to place this amount to the credit of this institution; but…
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
This is an original proceeding in this court, wherein the relators, who constitute the Board of Managers of the Missouri State Sanatorium, seek, by writ of mandamus, to compel respondent, who is State Treasurer, to open an account in the books of his office with the said Missouri State Sanatorium in the name of the “Missouri State Sanatorium Fund,” and to place to the credit of said fund- *156‘ the sum of $17.89, which said respondent has collected from, the city of St. Louis as pay for keeping and maintaining indigent patients from said city in the sanatorium, and to further place to the credit…
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