State Ex Rel. Holmes v. State Board of Finance

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• noting the failure to provide detailed standards to guide administrative officials may only be excused where it is difficult or impractical to lay down a definite, comprehensive rule or some discretion is necessary to protect public morals, health, safety and general welfare
• statute purporting to permit state board of finance to reduce annual operating budgets struck down as violative of separation of powers doctrine
• “[I]t is generally held that the governor has no power to scale down an item in an appropriation act.”
• statute purporting to permit state board of finance to reduce annual operating budgets struck down as violative of separation of powers doctrine

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