Vandegrift v. Riley

The petitioner, as state director of finance, seeks a writ of mandate to compel the respondent state controller to audit and approve six' demands transferring certain amounts from the emergency fund to the funds of the departments in whose favor the demands are drawn. The demands may be briefly referred to as follows:(1) For salary and expenses of chief of division of service and supply, for the eighty-fifth fiscal year, $6,500.(2) For the support of the bureau of commerce, '$2,415.(3) For additional expenses of conference of governors, $3,000.(4) For the division of narcotic enforcement,…