People ex rel. Harless v. Hatch
Illinois Supreme Court
These were applications to this court for writs of mandamus, in the one case, on the relation of Thomas Harless against O. M. Hatch, secretary of State, to compel him to make a true copy of the act to incorporate the Wabash Railway Company, with his certificate thereto appended, under the great seal of the State, that the same is a law, by reason of the failure of the governor to return the same with his objections to the senate, the branch of the general assembly in which…
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These were applications to this court for writs of mandamus, in the one case, on the relation of Thomas Harless against O. M. Hatch, secretary of State, to compel him to make a true copy of the act to incorporate the Wabash Railway Company, with his certificate thereto appended, under the great seal of the State, that the same is a law, by reason of the failure of the governor to return the same with his objections to the senate, the branch of the general assembly in which it originated, within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it was presented to him, and deliver the same to the relator. In…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of Mr. Justice Bbeese :
‘To avoid unnecessary labor, I shall consider the cases before me as one. They are, in them origin, nature and object, inseparable. The theory of both is, that the general assembly was not adjourned on the 10th of June, but continued in session up to the 21th, finally adjourning on the day last named: hence, Keyes, being a member and attending on those days, is entitled to his per diem compensation allowed by law and appropriated by the act of 1861, to be paid out of the public treasury on the warrant of the auditor, to be issued on the presentation of the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Billings v. BissellIllinois Supreme Court · 1857
- People v. ThurberIllinois Supreme Court · 1852
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