County of Gratiot v. Federspiel

Defendant William G. Federspiel, treasurer of the County of Gratiot, was granted leave to appeal, so that inquiry might be made into the propriety of a writ.of mandamus issued by the circuit court requiring him to credit to the county law library fund of Gratiot county certaim moneys paid him “on account of fines assessed and collected,” as provided in Act No. 180, Pub. Acts 1935, amending 3 Comp. Laws 1929, §15179 (Comp. Laws Supp. 1940, § 15179, Stat. Ann. §27.2224).

The controlling question involved in this appeal 'is the constitutionality of the act just cited. Defendant contends that this…