People ex rel. Mariposa County v. Counts

Citations

• 89 Cal. 15
• 26 P. 612
• 1891 Cal. LEXIS 758

Syllabus

<p>County Government Act — Creation of Bonded Indebtedness — Specification of Purpose. — Under section 37 of the County Government Act (Stats. 1883, p. 311), providing that when the supervisors wish to contract a bonded indebtedness they shall, “by order, specify the particular purpose for which the indebtedness is to be created, and the amount of bonds which they propose to issue,” and shall submit the question of the issue of the bonds to the qualified electors of the county, an order and election proclamation of the board which state that the election is for the purpose of submitting the question of the issue of a specified amount of bonds for the construction of two public wagon-roads, defining the termini of each road, sufficiently specify the particular purpose of the proposed indebtedness.</p> <p>Id. — Construction of Two Roads — Single Object of Bonds. — The specification of a purpose to construct two wagon-roads with the bonds to be issued is not objectionable as being expressive of more than one object or purpose.</p> <p>Id.—Submission to Vote of People — Election Proclamation.—A statement in the election proclamation that the election would be held for the purpose of submitting the question “to the vote of the people of this county ” means only the qualified voters or electors, and the order for the proclamation is not invalid because it submits the question to the people, and not expressly to the qualified electors.</p> <p>Id.—Order of Supervisors — Ordinance. — Under section 37 of the County Government Act the board of supervisors is required to act by order, and an ordinance is not necessary for the purposes of that section, though required by the act for some other purposes.</p>