Beals v. Evans

Citations

• 10 Cal. 459

Syllabus

<p>A county may assign and transfer a warrant drawn in its favor by another county on its treasurer, so as to invest the holder with the right to demand payment thereon.</p> <p>It was not intended by the provisions of the ninth section of the Act of 1855, “ to create a board of supervisors in the counties of this State, and to define their duties and powers,” which requires the property belonging to the county to be sold at public auction, that this provision should apply to cJioses in action.</p> <p>Ebr was it the intention of the Legislature, by the provisions of the ninth section of the Act of April 27, 1855, “ to provide for the ascertainment of the indebtedness of Calaveras county, prior to the organization of Amador county; and to provide for the payment of that portion due from Amador county to the county of Calaveras,” or by the general laws on the subject of payment of the indebtedness of counties, that the whole special fund raised by that act should remain with the treasurer until all of it should be needed for the payment of that indebtedness in one sum.</p> <p>Payment may be demanded of the treasurer of Amador county, by the holders of warrants issued in pursuance of that act, at any time when there are funds in the hands of the treasurer to meet the same, and a receipt, and corresponding credit endorsed on the warrant, will be sufficient to protect the county and the officer making the payment.</p>