Felts, County Attorney v. Linton, County Judge

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Diet2;man —

Reversing.

The Legislature of 1926 passed what is known as the county budget act, it being chapter 171 of the Acts of that session. As stated in its title the act provides for the administration of the fiscal affairs of each county of this Commonwealth under a uniform budget system, the idea of which, wherever adopted, has proved its worth in putting fiscal receipts and expenditures on an intelligible and businesslike basis. As originally drafted and introduced by its-author, the Hon. E. D. Stephenson, president pro tem. of the senate, the act was…