State ex rel. McCaffery v. Mason
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) Courts can not go behind the enrolled bill, as authenticated. Enrollment and authentication are presumption conclusive that the act was regularly passed. A bill is properly authenticated by being signed by the presiding officers of each house of the legislative department of the State government in open session.
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Mandamus. (1) Courts can not go behind the enrolled bill, as authenticated. Enrollment and authentication are presumption conclusive that the act was regularly passed. A bill is properly authenticated by being signed by the presiding officers of each house of the legislative department of the State government in open session. When this is dobe, and the prerogative of the Governor, in the exercise of his constitutional executive duties, has been satisfied, the bill becomes a law or rule of action prescribed by the supreme power of the State. It-is guaranteed full force and effect and subject…
1Opinion of the Court
SHERWOOD, T.
This is an original proceeding in this court, its object being to compel the city auditor to audit a certain bill of expenses incurred by relators as the board of election commissioners in and about the performance of their official duties in their capacity as such commissioners.
The return of the city auditor giving reasons for refusing to audit the bill in question, states in substance that the law under which such election commissioners were appointed and are acting, is constitutionally invalid for that in the course of its passage such proceedings were had as violated the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- City of St. Louis v. WeitzelSupreme Court of Missouri · 1895
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. MillerSupreme Court of Missouri · 1890
- State v. BockstruckSupreme Court of Missouri · 1896
- State ex rel. Harris v. HerrmannSupreme Court of Missouri · 1882
- Moulton v. ReidSupreme Court of Alabama · 1875
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3Cited by27 opinions
- State v. City of North Kansas CitySupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
- Brown v. MorrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1956
- Waterman v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Westin Crown Plaza Hotel Co. v. KingSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
- Gillesby v. Board of County CommissionersIdaho Supreme Court · 1910
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