McDonald v. Maddux
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the District Court of the Sixth Judicial District, County of Sacramento. A statement of facts appears in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court 1
I. The plaintiff is not affected by the Funding Act of 1854; as section 8 of that Act clearly exempts him from its operation so far as the present case is concerned.
II. Neither is he affected by section 120 of the General Revenue Law of 1854, for the following reasons :
1st. That section has reference exclusively to revenue collected for that purpose.
2d. By the Act of 1855, creating Boards of Supervisors, and conferring upon them general supervision and control over the affairs of the county, they are made the fiscal agents of the county. If you take from them all discretionary fower, as to…
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