Smalley v. Bushmiaer

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered by the circuit court of Crawford County dismissing a petition for mandamus to compel appellee, the sheriff of said county, to allow the county cleric to inspect his jail record to ascertain the number of prisoners fed by him, so that he could audit the accounts of said sheriff in feeding the prisoners. The writ of mandamus was sought to enforce the provisions of act 367 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1929, which is as follows:

“Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas:

“Section 1. That, from and after the passage of this act,…