Dalton v. State Property and Buildings Commission

I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion of the Court.

The Act in question is unconstitutional, in that it violates two provisions of Section 50 of the Constitution. It fails to provide for the levy and collection of an annual tax to pay the interest stipulated and to discharge the debt created. The question submitted to the people at the general election was misleading and was neither fair nor adequate to inform them of the issue presented. The proper construction of the language of this section of the Constitution is decisive.

The pertinent portion of Section 50 of the Kentucky…