State ex rel. Newman v. Burke

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

The relator represents that he is holder of warrants on the general fund of the State for the years 1880 and 1881; that under the constitutional debt ordinance of 1879, the interest taxes collected to meet the coupons of the consolidated bonds falling due on January 1st, 1880, were transferred to defray the general expenses of the State, and are now a part of the general fund for the payment of said *186expenses; that the said fund, as thus constituted, is ample.; and much more than sufficient to pay his said warrants, which, under Act 71 of…