State Ex Rel. Nevada Building Authority v. Hancock

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

This proceeding in mandamus tests the constitutionality of ch. 448 [1969] Stats, of Nev. 778 in the light of Nev. Const. art. 9, § 3 limiting the public debts of Nevada to one percent of the assessed valuation of the State.

The relator, Nevada Building Authority, was created by the mentioned statute. It is designated therein as a body corporate and politic. Its members consist ex officio of the members of the State Planning Board, and the manager of the latter Board is the secretary of the Authority and the respondent to this proceeding.

The legislature through…