State Ex Rel. Knox v. Board of Sup'rs

Section 112 of the Constitution provides among other things, that "taxation shall be uniform and equal throughout the state.” Chapter 325, Laws of 1924, sets up a new branch of the state government. It provides a bureau for auditing the accounts of public officers and for the establishment of a uniform system of public accounting and auditing. The statute makes it the duty of this bureau to audit the books and accounts of every state institution, state officer, levee board, and all county officers, and, if it choose to do so, all municipal officers in municipalities of more than one thousand…