Journal Publishing Co. v. Whitney

Citations

• 97 Cal. 283
• 32 P. 237
• 1893 Cal. LEXIS 532

Syllabus

<p>County Printing — Publication of Delinquent Tax List —• County Government Act — Political Code — Repeal.—Subdivision 23 of section 25 of the County Government Act, which provides that the board of supervisors shall fix the price of all county advertising, and that each county officer shall procure such advertising at a price not greater than that so fixed, repealed so much of section 3~66 of the Political Code as required the board of supervisors to contract for the publication of the delinquent tax list by advertising for sealed proposals to do the same, and awarding the advertising of the list to the lowest bidder; and under such subdivision the tax collector is authorized to select any newspaper, in the county and procure the advertising of the list, provided it is done at the price fixed by the board of supervisors, and he cannot be compelled to publish it in any other way.</p> <p>Id. — Advertisement for Sealed Proposals — Mandamus — Tax Collector. — The fact that the tax collector advertised for sealed proposals for the publication of the delinquent tax list does not entitle the lowest bidder to a writ of mandate to compel him to advertise the list in the newspaper of such bidder.</p>