Belote v. Coffman
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; The real qne-stion to he determined in this case is whether or not the appropriation is for the purpose of “defraying the necessary expenses of government,” within the meaning of the Constitution. If it is not a necessary expense of the government of the State, it is obviously the duty of the court to declare the act void as having failed to receive two-thirds vote of each house of the General Assembly.
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Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; John E. Martineau, Chancellor; The real qne-stion to he determined in this case is whether or not the appropriation is for the purpose of “defraying the necessary expenses of government,” within the meaning of the Constitution. If it is not a necessary expense of the government of the State, it is obviously the duty of the court to declare the act void as having failed to receive two-thirds vote of each house of the General Assembly. Art. 5, § 31, Const. 1874; 76 Ark. 199; 2 Law Ed., (U. S.) 60; 123 U. S. 623; 66 Ark. 575. Appropriations for exhibiting the…
1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.
During the session of the Legislature just ended, (session of 1915), an act was passed entitled, “An Act to Appropriate Money for an Exhibit of the Resources of the State of Arkansas at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915, and for other purposes.” The act appropriated $40,000 for the purpose of exhibiting the resources of the State at that exposition. The bill received a two-thirds majority of those voting thereon in the Senate but did not receive a two-thirds majority of those voting thereon in the House of Repr es entatives.
Joel C. Belote, a citizen and taxpayer of this…
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