State ex rel. Barr v. Atkinson

Citations

• 25 Wash. 283
• 65 P. 531
• 1901 Wash. LEXIS 389

Syllabus

<p>STATES AND STATE OFFICERS — -PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION COMMISSION -BOARD OF WOMEN MANAGERS-DUTIES-RIGHT TO SHARE IN APPROPRIATION.</p> <p>Under Laws 19ul, p. 129, § 3, which provides that the expenses incurred by the honorary members of the board of women managers of the Pan-American Exposition, “appointed from this state to attend said exposition, and who will work in conjunction with the commissioners to be appointed in collecting and caring for art in needlework, etc., and other exhibits to be displayed at said Pan-American exposition,” be paid out of the fund appropriated by said act, the commissioners appointed to prepare an exhibit for this state cannot by dispensing with an exhibit of art in needlework deprive said honorary members of the right to work in conjunction with the commissioners in regard to “other exhibits,” nor of the right to share in the appropriation therefor.</p> <p>SAME-EXPENDITURE OF APPROPRIATION-VOUCHERS.</p> <p>Section 3 of the act of March 15, 1901, which provides that the expenses incurred by the two honorary members of the board of women managers of the Pan-American Exposition appointed from this state shall “be paid out of said fund to be hereafter appropriated, and the auditor is hereby instructed to draw his warrant upon the treasurer for all expenses actually incurred upon the presentation of the proper vouchers therefor,” is a complete provision in itself for the payment of such expenses, and the other sections of said act which provide that the appropriation shall be expended for expenses incurred by the commissioners “upon vouchers approved by the commissioners,” or “upon the requisition of the state commission,” approved by the state auditor, are inapplicable to the expenses of said members of the hoard of women managers. (Mount, J., dissents).</p>