Court Opinion

ID: 9865182
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-25 16:26:24.914936+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:37:48.936068
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*526Mr. Justice Whitford
dissenting.
The statute provides that the superintendent of public instruction “may employ an assistant.” The discretion to “employ” is lodged in the superintendent, which may or may not be exercised by him, It seemsi clear to me that the legislature cannot be presumed to have intended to create a continuing appropriation where there was no fixed or continuing liability, or where, as in this case, the discretionary authority to “employ” might never be exercised, or might be exercised intermittently.
Mr. Justice Campbell concurs with Mr. Justice Whit-ford in this dissent.