In re House Resolution No. 30

Citations

• 10 S.D. 249
• 72 N.W. 892
• 1897 S.D. LEXIS 51

Syllabus

<p>An opinion as to the constitutionality of House Joint Resolution, Laws 1897, Chap. 83, cannot be given under Const. Art. 5, % 13, which gives the governor power “to require the opinion of the judges of the supreme court upon important questions of law involved in the exercise of his executive powers, and upon solemn occasions,” since said resolution involves the personal right of certain parties to hold commissioned offices, and to be paid for services already rendered.</p>