State ex rel. Ross v. Headlee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

On the 4th day of October, 1899, the county commissioners of Snohomish county made a levy of taxes for the ensuing year, as required by law. After-wards it appeared to the commissioners that the levy made was larger than was necessary tó meet the financial re*127quirements of the county for the ensuing year, and they made an order finding and declaring that the said levy of October was in excess of the needs of the county, and reduced the levy four mills on the dollar, making a change in the aggregate of about $30,000, and ordered the auditor to…