State ex rel. Beach v. Olsen

Citations

• 91 Wash. 56
• 157 P. 34
• 1916 Wash. LEXIS 1000

Syllabus

<p>Counties — Claims—Presentation — Salary of Game Warden — Statutes. Claims for the salary of county game wardens must be presented to the county commissioners, under 3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 5395-34, providing that all payments made under .the game code shall be audited as are other claims against the county, and 2 Id., § 3918, providing that the county auditor shall audit all claims against the county and present the same to the county commissioners for allowance.</p> <p>Same — Claims Against Game Fund — Powers of County Commissioners — Statutes. The game code (3 Rem. & Bal. Code, §§ 5395-2, 5395-34) having provided that the county game commission shall fix the salary of game wardens and pass upon the propriety of expenditures, the county commissioners, in the allowance of claims against the county game fund, cannot determine the salary or the propriety of the expenditures, but act in an administrative or ministerial capacity with the right only to reject illegal claims.</p> <p>Mandamus — When Lies — To County Boards — Issuance of Warrants. Mandamus lies to compel the issuance of county warrants against the county game fund in payment of the salary and expenditures of game wardens.</p>