People ex rel. Skinner v. Auditor
Illinois Supreme Court
This application is grounded upon ¡the.following petition: “ That on the first day of January, A. D. 1851, your petitioner, being the legal holder of certain state indebtedness of the State of Illinois, other than the canal and school indebtedness of said state, to wit: Mew Internal Improvement Stock, to the amount of one hundred and seventy-one thousand eight hundred dollars, did, on said first day of January, present the same to the Auditor of the State of Illinois, Thomas…
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This application is grounded upon ¡the.following petition: “ That on the first day of January, A. D. 1851, your petitioner, being the legal holder of certain state indebtedness of the State of Illinois, other than the canal and school indebtedness of said state, to wit: Mew Internal Improvement Stock, to the amount of one hundred and seventy-one thousand eight hundred dollars, did, on said first day of January, present the same to the Auditor of the State of Illinois, Thomas H. Campbell, Esq., and demanded from Mm payment of the same, or so much thereof as your petitioner would be entitled to…
1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.
It is the duty of the Auditor to apportion the proceeds of the two mill tax, assessed and collected under the provisions of the 15th article of the Constitution, among the holders of state indebtedness presented for the purpose, and draw warrants on the treasury for the payment of their respective shares. He is required to audit the accounts of “all persons authorized to receive money out of the treasury, by virtue of any appropriation made, or to be made by law, particularly authorizing such account;” and “on ascertaining the amount due any person from the treasury, the Auditor shall grant…
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