English v. Bd. of Supervisors of Sacramento
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Sixth District. The nature of the suit, and the provisions of the Act of 1854, .in question, are stated bj the Court.
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Appeal from the Sixth District. The nature of the suit, and the provisions of the Act of 1854, .in question, are stated bj the Court. The further facts are: 1. That on the first of May, 1854, Charles H. Swift held legal and proper indebtedness against the county, amounting to $1,000 ; that said indebtedness was surrendered up by said Swift, and canceled by the Fund Commissioners, as required bylaw, and the bond set out in plaintiff’s complaint duly issued in lieu thereof. 2. That all of the floating indebtedness against said county, which had accrued prior to the first day of May, 1854, was…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
Field, C. J. concurring.
Application for mandamus against defendants to compel them to levy and assess a tax of one-fourth of one per cent, on all the taxable property of the county, to be set apart as a sinking fund for the gradual redemption of the outstanding bonds, issued under the Act of 1854, entitled “ An Act to Fund the Floating Debt of Sacramento County, and to provide for the Payment of the same.” (See Laws of 1854, 201.) By this act the county of Sacramento was authorized to fund its floating debt, Commissioners were appointed for that purpose, the power was given them to issue…
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