State ex rel. McMurtry v. Thompson

This is a petition for a mandamus against the State Auditor. The relator states that he is a member of the House of Representatives from the county of Wayne, duly elected and qualified, and that he is entitled to compensation for his services as Representative as aforesaid in the sum of five dollars per day, according to the provisions of an act entitled “ An act fixing the per diem and mileage of members of the General Assembly of the State of Missouri,” approved Feb. 15, 1865. The relator further states that on the 10th day of January, 1866, he presented to the Auditor his account for…