Manning v. Sims

LEARY, Special Chief Justice. This controversy requires the court to measure certain provisions of House Bill 254 of the 1948 General Assembly of Kentucky (hereinafter referred to as the Act) against the limitations of the Kentucky Constitution (particularly, Sections 3, 51, 58, 59, 60, 235, and 246) and to declare whether or not there is a conflict. It is the first three sections of the Act which form the arena of debate. The full text of these three sections are appended to this opinion. Other sections of the Act, which create and replenish the fund from which payments, if permissible, are to be made are not in controversy.