State ex rel. Kendall v. Cole
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding in- mandamus by Zeb Kendall, superintendent of Nevada exhibits at the Panama-Pacific exposition, to compel the State Controller to draw a warrant in favor of petitioner as said superintendent.
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Original proceeding in- mandamus by Zeb Kendall, superintendent of Nevada exhibits at the Panama-Pacific exposition, to compel the State Controller to draw a warrant in favor of petitioner as said superintendent. Petitioner was not inhibited by section 8, article 4, of the constitution from holding the position of "superintendent” under the act of 1913 (Stats. 1913, p. 169), authorizing the board of directors of the Panama-Pacific and Panama-California expositions to employ "superintendents, directors, clerks, and other persons,” for the simple reason that such position of " superintendent”…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Coleman, J.:
[1] The legislature, in 1913, passed an act providing for exhibits at the San Diego and San Francisco expositions (Stats. 1913, c. 128, p. 169), sections 1 and 2 of which read as follows:
"Section 1. On or before the first Monday in May, 1913, the governor of the State of Nevada shall appoint a citizen of the State of Nevada to be known as exposition commissioner of the State of Nevada for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition and the Panama-California Exposition, and the office of said exposition commissioner is hereby created.
"Sec. 2. Tasker L. Oddie, Gilbert…
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