Superintendent of Public Instruction v. Auditor of Public Accounts
Decision Date | 27 March 1895 |
Citation | 30 S.W. 404,97 Ky. 180 |
Parties | SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION v. AUDITOR OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS. |
Court | Kentucky Court of Appeals |
Appeal from circuit court, Franklin county.
"To be officially reported."
W. J Hendrick, for appellant.
The question arises in this case from a difference of opinion between the auditor of public accounts and the superintendent of public instruction as to the proper interpretation of section 184 of the constitution, which reads as follows
It is insisted by the superintendent of public instruction that the fund arising from the sources therein named, for the purposes of common-school education, can only be paid to the teachers of the common schools, and for no other purpose. On the other hand, it is contended by the auditor of public accounts that the expenses of the state department of education, of whatever character or kind, shall be paid out of the resources of the common-school fund. By section 4371, Gen St. Ky. (common-school law), it is provided, in effect, that "the expenses of the department of education of whatever character or kind" should be paid out of that fund. By section 4385 it is provided that the salaries of the superintendent of public instruction and his clerks are "to be paid monthly out of the common school fund." The superintendent is required to make a biennial report, to prepare suitable blanks for...
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