State ex rel. City of Port Townsend v. Clausen

This is an application for a writ of mandamus, instituted by the city of Port Townsend against O. W. Clausen, as auditor of the state of Washington, to compel him to draw a warrant upon the state treasurer in payment of certain bonds, purchased by the board of state land commissioners as an investment for the permanent school fund. That the nature of the controversy between the parties may be understood, it is necessary to make a brief statement of the facts out of which it arises.

By the act of March 16, 1901 (Laws 1901, p. 177), the legislature of the state of Washington enacted that,…