Moses v. Summersett

Citations

• 58 Wash. 403
• 108 P. 943
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 946

Syllabus

<p>Ageiculture—Fairs—Public Aid—Counties —■ Appropriations— Statutes—Construction. Under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 3024 et seq., which provides that any fair association which has a corporate existence for the purpose of holding fairs may apply to the county commissioners for aid, that the commissioners shall be ex officio members of the county fair association, and that all buildings and structures shall belong to the county making the appropriation, and that vouchers for all expenditures of money appropriated shall be made to the county commissioners, a county has no power to appropriate money in aid of the Southwest Washington Fair Association, a state institution (created by virtue of Rem. & Bal. Code, § 3012 et seq.) managed by commissioners appointed by the governor and empowered to acquire land for holding fairs under a state appropriation therefor; since the act authorizing county aid to fairs is to be strictly construed, and requires the management and title to be vested in the county, without any indication of legislative intent to authorize county appropriations in aid of a state institution; especially as the act in which such authority is sought antedates the act creating the state institution.</p>