State ex rel. Hopkins v. City of Salina

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus to compel the city of Salina and its mayor and councilmen to procure a site and issue bonds for the erection of a military memorial under chapter 279 of the Laws of 1919. C. W. Burch has been granted permission to .intervene.

The validity of chapter 279 is attacked on the ground that it was not presented to the governor for approval until May 10, 1919, forty-nine days after the legislature had adjourned sine die.

The history of that chapter is as follows: It was introduced February 21, 1919, as…