Board of County Commissioners v. Hampson
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the County Court of La Plata County. On the tenth clay of October, 1893, the board of county commissioners of La Plata county passed “The Annual Appropriation Resolution,” for that county for the fiscal year 1894. By this resolution eighty per cent of the revenue to accrue from the annual tax levy, made at this same meeting of the hoard of county commissioners was appropriated and set apart for certain, specific purposes.
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Error to the County Court of La Plata County. On the tenth clay of October, 1893, the board of county commissioners of La Plata county passed “The Annual Appropriation Resolution,” for that county for the fiscal year 1894. By this resolution eighty per cent of the revenue to accrue from the annual tax levy, made at this same meeting of the hoard of county commissioners was appropriated and set apart for certain, specific purposes. Of this amount the sum of $25,000 was set aside “ for ordinary county revenue, said amount to be paid out for the following objects and purposes, and for no other:…
1Opinion of the Court
Chiee Justice Hayt
delivered the opinion of the court.
The claims in tMs case are admittedly just and valid claims against the county of La Plata for the per diem and mileage of witnesses and jurors attending the county court, the defense of the county being that the appropriation available for such purpose for the year 1894 had been exhausted prior to the presentation of these claims. This defense is based *129upon an act entitled “ An act to require the affairs of the counties of this state to he conducted from the revenues derived from taxation, and to prevent the expenses of any county from…
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- Henderson v. People ex rel. WingateSupreme Court of Colorado · 1892
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