People ex rel. Mayo v. Lippincott
Illinois Supreme Court
This is a petition for mandamus to compel the Auditor of Public Accounts to register a certain new bond issued by Macoupin county, in lieu of a prior indebtedness incurred before March 26, 1872, and since February 13, 1865, and which remained outstanding as a subsisting legal obligation against said county from the 26th day of March, 1872, until re-funded on the--day of December, 1875, into the new bond presented to the Auditor for registration.
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This is a petition for mandamus to compel the Auditor of Public Accounts to register a certain new bond issued by Macoupin county, in lieu of a prior indebtedness incurred before March 26, 1872, and since February 13, 1865, and which remained outstanding as a subsisting legal obligation against said county from the 26th day of March, 1872, until re-funded on the--day of December, 1875, into the new bond presented to the Auditor for registration. February 13, 1865, the General Assembly passed “An act relating to county and city debts, and to provide for the payment thereof by taxation in such…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sheldon
The petition shows that the new bond of the relator was issued in lieu of old bonds in strict conformity to the act of 1875, and that it was duly presented to the Auditor of Public Accounts for registration under the act of 1865. The demurrer admits all these facts, and the only question presented for our consideration is, whether it was the duty of the Auditor, under the above statutes, being the only ones bearing upon the subject, to register the bond.
The Auditor’s reason for his refusal to register the bond was, that, by reference to section 1 of the act of February 13, 1865, it would be…
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