Battles v. Childers

WELCH,, J.

Plaintiff, legally appointed, qualified, and acting member of the Conservation Commission of the State of Oklahoma, seeks a writ of mandamus requiring the State Auditor and State Treasurer to allow and pay his claim as salary as such commissioner for the month of July, 1936.

There is no controversy as to any of the facts. It is conceded that the plaintiff is such member of said commission. That such commission was created by the 15th Legislature by House Bill No. 84, being article 3 of chapter 70, S. L. 1935'; that by said act the salary was fixed at $4,000 per year, payable monthly;…