Visitors & Governors of St. John's College v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from Equity aide -of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. By .Rcsoiution No. 4, of the Legislature of 1858, it was resolved: “That His Excellency, tbe Governor, be, and hois hereby authorized and required to cause such proceedings to be instituted as may be necessary to obtain tbe opinion of ■tbe judges of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, whether the annual appropriation made by the 19th section of the Act •of 1784, chapter 37, of the sum of J?1750, current…
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Appeal from Equity aide -of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county. By .Rcsoiution No. 4, of the Legislature of 1858, it was resolved: “That His Excellency, tbe Governor, be, and hois hereby authorized and required to cause such proceedings to be instituted as may be necessary to obtain tbe opinion of ■tbe judges of the Court of Appeals of Maryland, whether the annual appropriation made by the 19th section of the Act •of 1784, chapter 37, of the sum of J?1750, current money, to be applied by tbe Visitors and Governors of St. John’s College, to the payment of salaries, &c., constitutes a…
1Opinion of the CourtLe Grand, C. J.
This case originates out of a Resolution, No. 4, passed by the General Assembly of Maryland, at its session of 1858.
The questions in relation to which the opinion of the Judges of the Court of Appeals is desired, are:
1st. Whether the annual appropriation, made by the 19th section of the Act of 1784, ch. 37, of the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty pounds, current money, to be applied to the payment of salaries, <fcc., constitutes a contract on the part of the State, under all the circumstances of the case, which could not be legally repealed by the Act of 1805, ch. 85 ?
*3722nd. Whether this…
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