In Re Application of State

This is a proceeding brought in the district court of Oklahoma county by the state, through the Governor, Secretary of State, and the State Treasurer, for the purpose of refunding certain outstanding state warrants, alleged to be legal and valid, aggregating an amount somewhat in excess of $2,000,000. These warrants, it is made appear, were issued from time to time, principally during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1911, in payment of the ordinary current expenses of maintaining the state government, and pursuant to valid legislative appropriations of the current revenues of the state, for…