State ex rel. Cline v. Wallichs
Decision Date | 28 May 1884 |
Parties | THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, EX REL. W. M. CLINE, v. JOHN WALLICHS, AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS |
Court | Nebraska Supreme Court |
WRIT DENIED.
Charles O. Whedon, for relator.
Isaac Powers, Jr., Attorney General, for respondent.
This is an application to compel the auditor to draw his warrant on the temporary school fund for the sum of $ 5,583.35, for the premium on county bonds purchased by the board of educational lands and funds. The account has been audited, and the only objection made by the defendant to drawing the warrant in question is, the want of an appropriation. It is claimed on the part of the relator that there is an implied appropriation of sufficient of the temporary school fund for the purpose of paying the premium on bonds purchased by the board.
Sec. 29 of an act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the registry, sale, leasing, and general management of all lands and funds set apart for educational purposes, and for the investment of the funds arising from the sale of such lands," approved Feb. 24, 1883 [Laws of 1883, 314] provides that, It is claimed that the section quoted makes an appropriation of the necessary amount to pay the premium. But we do not think so. Sec. 22, art. III. of the constitution provides that, "no money shall be drawn from the treasury except in pursuance of a specific appropriation made by law." A specific appropriation is one expressly providing funds for a particular purpose. There can be no implied appropriation of money under our constitution, nor any claim audited unless the items of the account are set out. State v. Wallichs, 14 Neb. 439 16 N.W. 481. There is also a provision that, "no money shall be diverted from any appropriation made for any purpose." The legislature possesses no...
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