State ex rel. Spokane County v. Clausen
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court January 20, 1920, for a writ of mandamus to compel the state auditor to accept bonds and draw a warrant therefor.
1ConcurrenceBridges, J.
(concurring)—I think the statute vested in the board of county commissioners the power to determine the exact duration of the bonds- authorized to be issued, and the question to be submitted to the voters was whether they would authorize the board to exercise such power. In other words, the voters are not to determine the date of issuance and the due date of the bonds, but are to determine' whether they will authorize the board to so determine. Section 5101-1, Bern. Code, provides that the board may submit to the voters “the question whether'the said board shall be authorized to issue…
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