State ex rel. Clausen v. Burr
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurs-ton county, Mitchell, J., entered June 9, 1911, granting a writ of mandate to compel a county auditor to issue warrants in payment of a state examination and auditing of the public accounts of a city.
1Opinion of the Court
Dunbar, C. J.-
— This" case involves the constitutionality of § 11 of chapter 76, of the Laws of 1909, page 142 (Rem. *525& Bal. Code, § 8356), as amended by chapter 30 of the Laws of 1911, page 108. In this act the legislature has provided for the creation of a bureau, for the purpose of requiring the ministerial duties imposed on public officers by the state laws and local orders, ordinances, and resolutions to be performed in a uniform and systematic manner; and provided for an examination of the public offices under state authority, to determine whether the state laws and local orders,…
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