State ex rel. Reorganized School District No. 4 v. Holmes

This is an original proceeding in mandamus wherein the relator seeks to compel the respondent, as State Auditor of Missouri, to register and certify, under Section 3306, R. S. Mo., 1939, an issue of relator’s bonds in the amount of $212,000.

The relator is a reorganized school district formed under the provisions of a statute enacted in 1947. This statute is commonly known as Senate Bill 307 and throughout this opinion it will be referred to as S. B. 307. (Laws of 1947, Vol. 2, pp. 370-377, Mo. R. S. A., Secs. 10449.1-10449.15.) The respondent’s return raises several reasons why the statute…