Kilroy

This is a proceeding by mandamus by petitioner, as Justice of the Peace of Turlock Township, in Stanislaus County, to compel H. C. Keeley, as Auditor of said county, to draw a warrant in his favor and to compel Edward Whitmore, as Treasurer of said county, to pay the same, Kilroy, the petitioner, being hereafter referred to as the respondent and Whitmore and Keeley as the appellants.

Respondent was elected Justice of the Peace of Turlock township in November, 1926, and took office January 3, 1927, and thereafter continued to act as such Justice of the Peace during all of the times named in the petition, appellants during said period holding the said offices of Auditor and Treasurer respectively.

Subdivision 13 of section 4245 of the Political Code provides that for the purpose of regulating the compensation of justices of the peace of townships of this class of counties, the said townships should be classified according to their population, as shown by the total number of registered voters in each township at the next preceding general election, prior to the fixing of the classification, the said population to be determined by multiplying the said total number of registered…