Blaine County Investment Co. v. Gallet
Idaho Supreme Court
Original petition for Writ of Mandate. Tbe constitution does not require that tbe appropriation shall be for a fixed sum, and whatever tbe state constitution does not prohibit, tbe legislature may do. (People v. Miner, 46 111. 384, 386.) • In tbe absence of such a constitutional limitation, tbe legislature may appropriate money for given objects without specifying tbe amount or fixing a maximum limit.
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Original petition for Writ of Mandate. Tbe constitution does not require that tbe appropriation shall be for a fixed sum, and whatever tbe state constitution does not prohibit, tbe legislature may do. (People v. Miner, 46 111. 384, 386.) • In tbe absence of such a constitutional limitation, tbe legislature may appropriate money for given objects without specifying tbe amount or fixing a maximum limit. (State v. Anderson, 33 S. D. 574, 146 N. W. 703; Highgate v. State, 59 Yt. 39, 7 Atl. 898; Campbell v. Board of Commissioners, etc., 115 Ind. 591, 18 N. E. 33; Henderson v. Board of…
1Opinion of the CourtBudge, J.
In October, 1920, the plaintiff instituted an action in the district court for Butte county to determine and adjudicate the priority of rights to the use of water from the Little Lost River and its tributaries, and on November 5, 1921, the cause being at issue, upon application of plaintiff and after due notice, the district judge made and entered an order pursuant to C. S., sec. 7032, requesting the Department of Reclamation to make an examination and survey of the streams involved, and to make and file with the clerk of the court a report thereof. Pursuant to this order, the Commissioner of…
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