Veterans' Welfare Commission v. Department of Montana

This is an original proceeding before this court wherein the Veterans’ Welfare Commission of the State of Montana, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, seeks a declaratory judgment determining whether the line appropriations in House Bill No. 454 of the Thirty-Seventh Legislative Assembly, Laws 1961, p. 761, of $6,000 annually during the fiscal biennium, 1961-1963, for “Payment of secretarial services to those veterans’ organizations maintaining full-time service offices at Fort Harrison, Montana”, are constitutional.

The two defendants are the Department of Montana, Veterans of Foreign…