People ex rel. Hegwer v. Goodykoontz
Supreme Court of Colorado
jError to the District Court of Arapahoe County. In the year 1889 the legislature established the office of steam boiler inspector. The act provided that “said inspector shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred (2,500) dollars and mileage at ten cents per mile, payable as other state officers.”
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jError to the District Court of Arapahoe County. In the year 1889 the legislature established the office of steam boiler inspector. The act provided that “said inspector shall receive an annual salary of two thousand five hundred (2,500) dollars and mileage at ten cents per mile, payable as other state officers.” For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the act, the legislature made special appropriations therefor, and continued to do so until the year 1893. At the biennial 1893 session of the legislature no special appropriation was made for this officer, although one Ferdinand H.…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hayt
Two questions are presented by this record: First. Is the boiler inspector an officer of one of the departments of the state, and, as such, has he a preferred claim against the state for his salary ? Second. Did the legislature make such an appropriation to pay relator’s salary as made it incumbent upon the auditor to issue warrants therefor?
Since this case was determined in the court below, the first of the above questions has received the consideration of this court in the case of Parks, Auditor, v. The Commissioners of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home, decided at this term, ante, p. 86. It…
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