Van Fleet v. Oltman

The defendants are the members of the finance committee of the county of Kent, provided for in Act No. 301, Pub. Acts 1923. Its duty in respect to claims is thus stated:

It shall “audit all claims which are chargeable against the county, and no warrants shall be drawn for such claim, nor the same be paid until it has been audited by the committee, as herein provided.”

This provision is quite similar to that providing for the audit of claims by boards of supervisors and county auditors. 1 Comp. Laws 1915, § 2299 el seq.

Act No. 301, Pub. Acts 1925, amended chapter 3, § 22.of Act No. 164, Pub.…