People ex rel. Attorney-General v. Squires

This is an information filed by the Attorney-General. Its object is to test the constitutionality of the Act of the Legislature, passed February 26th, 1859, entitled “An Act concerning the officers of Calaveras County, and the collection of Poll Taxes, License Taxes, and Foreign Miners’ Taxes in said County.” (See Acts of 1859, p. 45.) By this Act it is provided that the Sheriff of Calaveras, who is ex officio Collector of foreign miners’ license tax, shall cease to collect said tax on the 1st of March, 1859. It further provides that the Board of Supervisors shall appoint a Collector of said…