Boss

The petitioner is the city clerk of the city of Huntington Park, a city of the sixth class. As such city clerk he is local registrar for the primary registration district comprised within the city of Huntington Park, as provided by chapter 378, found at page 575 et seq. of the Statutes of 1915. In this proceeding he seeks to compel the county auditor of the county of Los Angeles to issue his warrant payable out of the county treasury for certain fees to which the petitioner claims to be entitled under the provisions of that act, and to compel the county treasurer to pay the same.

For convenience, we will designate the statute as the Vital Statistics Act.

The state board of health is an official body authorized by article XX, section 14, of the state constitution, and established in accordance with certain provisions of the- Political Code. (Pol. Code, secs. 2978-2984.) The code sections authorize the state board of health to appoint a secretary, whose duties are duly defined and who is a civil executive officer. In the Vital Statistics Act it is provided that the secretary of the state board of health is ex-officio state registrar of vital statistics, and that he “shall have…