STATE EX REL. THOMSON v. GIESSEL


265 Wis. 185 (1953)

STATE EX REL. THOMSON, Attorney General, Petitioner, vs. GIESSEL, Director of Department of Budget and Accounts, Respondent. [Turnpike Case.]

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 3, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there was a brief by the Attorney General and Warren H. Resh and Richard E. Barrett, assistant attorneys general, and oral argument by Mr. Resh and Mr. Barrett.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by Ralph M. Hoyt of Milwaukee, special counsel.


MARTIN, J.

By the enactment of ch. 186, Laws of 1953, the legislature created sec. 15.96, Stats., which provides in part:

"15.96 Turnpike commission. (1) There is hereby created a Wisconsin turnpike commission of five members to be appointed by the governor by and with the advice and consent of the senate for terms of three years each; all vacancies shall be filled as provided in sec. 17.20 (2) (b).

"(2) The commission shall have the following...

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