The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-12-24
To Nullify All Bonds,


Chief Justice Quarles, asked for
q writ of prohibition to prevent
the state administration from
issuing bonds for various pun
poses under authority conferred
by the acts Of the seventh legis-
ture The court took the appli-
cation under advisement. It will
announce in the morning whether
or not an alternative writ will
be issued.
The application seeks to pre-
vent the issuance Of any further
bonds under the deficiency fund
law. This act provided for the
issuance of $163, 900 of bonds to
pay outstanding warrants and to
meet the following appropria
ton; Reform school SIS, 900;
Weiser bridge $4,000, ST. Louis
and Portland expositions $685.
900: Thunder Mountain road
from Long Valley $50, 600; print
lug supreme court reports 81, 500,
sugar bounty 1000; of this
total $93, 600 have been issued,
leaving balance Of $1,000. The
application does not state to
what purpose the money from the
bond sales have been applied.
If the further issues are enjoined,
practically all the matters for
which the bonds were authorized
will be effected.
In addition the application
attacks the issuance of $50, 900
bonds for the reform school, Of
which SIS, 600 have been issued;
s43, 900 state university [$28,O0O
} issued and 1923, 900 penitentiary
; (none issued).
The Lewiston supreme court
: building bonds ISIS, 000) Acade-
my of Idaho bonds ($30, 0OO and
! Albion Normal school bonds
9 (S12, OOW, have all been issued,
/ but for which they, too, might
4 be tied up.
The application sets up that
! the bond deficiency act is uncon-
= stitutional because it authorizes
!, an expenditure in excess of the
4 tax levy for 1904, in violation
j. of article 81 section II, of the
= constitution, and authorizes an
Il indebtedness in excess of | J per
cent of the assessed valuation,
which limit is fixed by section !
d of article s; then it provides by
n taxation money for private pur-
N poses for money to be paid out
VI of the state treasury in bounties
- to the producer of sugar in
Idaho and to assist in the private
business of manufacturing sugar
contrary to the express pro
- visions of the constitution anc
that it "Provides money RAISED
ST. by general taxation for the con
structiOn of a local bridge and {
-, W local road. "
The petition recites tina
specific appropriations ane
expenditures were authorize
es by the legislature amounting t
1914, 1855 for which no bon
;, issues were authorized and t
n. meet which tax levy was tixe
z. that will produce only $3.50, 90
80 in two years. The applicatio
adds 100000 for the suga
no. bounty which it says, ma
,sSSf amount to twice that sum, max
vas ing a grand total of s774, 1855
bic authorized by the last legislator
nd in addition to the bond issues
e na Adding the bond issues amount
ing ing to 1888, 900, including thos
c'y of the general deficiency bon
act, the total is increased
S. ,OO7, 1850 authorized by tn
seventh session, not includin
the the sugar bounty. Adding tn
be previous outstanding indebted
he ness and grand total of 81, 700
are 439. 10 is given, which is in exces
" of the constitutional limit on til
basis of the state s total assesse
valuation of S65, 96l ,583.09.
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