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§ 4.

History: Adopted by convention, July 29, 1859; ratified by electors, October 4, 1859; L. 1861, p. 66; 1868 Senate Journal, p. 336; L. 1905, ch. 545, § 1; repealed, L. 1974, ch. 464, § 1; November 5, 1974.

Revisor's Note:

Section related to state printing and the election of the state printer.

The amendment of this section approved in 1903 was adopted on November 8, 1904, and was published in the session laws of 1905.

CASE ANNOTATIONS

1. Right of party under contract cannot be divested. The State, ex rel., v. Barker, 4 Kan. 379.

2. Election of state printer by joint convention of houses considered. Prouty v. Stover, Lieut. Governor, 11 Kan. 235, 253.

3. Statute authorizing "executive council" to designate "official state paper" valid. Reed v. Francis, 22 Kan. 510, 515.

4. Rate of compensation for publications in "official state paper" discussed. Kansas Breeze Co. v. Edwards, 55 Kan. 630, 40 P. 1004.

5. Statute requiring concurrence of majority elected to each house invalid. Snow v. Hudson, 56 Kan. 378, 383, 43 P. 260.

6. Silence of constitution on a subject is not a prohibition; Legislature may prescribe qualifications of voters; constitution limits, rather than confers, powers. Lemons v. Noller, 144 Kan. 813, 816, 817, 63 P.2d 177.