People ex rel. Post v. Board of Supervisors of the County of Ontario

By the Court, Bronson, Ch. J.

The board of supervisors of the county of Ontario, at its late meeting, assessed and charged upon the town of Seneca several sums of money for the fees and accounts of magistrates and other officers in criminal cases, which it is insisted were not proper town charges; and a motion is now made on behalf of the town for a mandamus to the board of supervisors to correct its proceedings.

The whole controversy arises upon the 26th section of the act of 1845 to reduce town and county expenses. (Stat. of 1845, p. 188.) We have considered the several questions which *261the…