State ex rel. Johnson v. Tilley

This is an original action of mandamus, which calls for the construction of certain language used by the legislature in the bill making appropriations for the state government for the current biennium.

The petition alleges that the relators are the attorney general and two of his assistants, and that the respondent is the state engineer; that, in said appropriation bill, the legislature provided a highway cash fund for the department of roads and irrigation, and that “not more than the-sum of $9,200, to be expended under the direction of the attorney general and subject to the approval of the…