State ex rel. First National Bank v. Bartley

This is an application by the relator, the First National Bank of Crete, for a peremptory writ of mandamus to Joseph S. Bartley, state treasurer, to compel respondent to deposit with relator a portion of the moneys in the state treasury, according to the requirements of the act passed by the state legislature of 1891, entitled “An act to provide for the depositing of state and county funds in banks.” The petition charges, »in substance, .that on the 9 th day of January, 1894, the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state, in pursuance of the provisions of said act, designated the…