Hammond

Petition for a writ of mandate directed to the respondent, as Auditor and Controller of the County of San Diego, requiring him to attest certain bonds and to sign the coupons issued by the board of supervisors of said county under and in pursuance of an act of the legislature of this state entitled, “An Act for the relief of certain assessment districts, and for that purpose empowering counties to render financial aid to such districts and making available to such districts the provisions of Chapter 9 of the act of Congress entitled ‘An Act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, ’ approved July 1, 1898, as amended, and to declare the urgency of this act, to take effect immediately.” (Stats. 1935, chap. 10, p. 63.)

Section 1 of the act provides that where bonds have heretofore been issued under the provisions of the Road Improvement District Act of 1907, and amendments thereof, or the Acquisition and Improvement Act of 1925, and amendments thereof, for the payment of the cost .of any public improvement made, things done, rights acquired, or proceedings taken, within the territorial limits of any county, or any incorporated city thereof, the board…