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STATE EX REL. THOMSON v. GIESSEL

265 Wis. 207 (1953)

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

November 3, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there were briefs by the Attorney General and Harold H. Persons, assistant attorney general, and oral argument by Mr. Persons.

For the respondent there was a brief and oral argument by W. Roy Kopp of Platteville, special counsel.

A brief was filed by Charles F. Smith of Wausau, and W. J. P. Aberg of Madison, as amici curiae.

BROADFOOT, J.

Sec. 10, art. VIII of the Wisconsin constitution provides in part as follows:

"The state shall never contract any debt for works of internal improvement, or be a party in carrying on such works. . . . Provided, that the state may appropriate moneys for the purpose of acquiring, preserving, and developing the forests of the state; but there shall not be appropriated under the authority of this section in any one year an amount to exceed two tenths...

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