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This was a petition for a writ of mandate to require the auditor to draw a warrant in favor of plaintiff for his services in experting the books of the county under employment by the grand jury. After the preliminary averments, the complaint sets forth that the grand jury, in pursuance of section 928 of the Penal Code, ‘ deemed it necessary to secure the services of an expert to examine the books, records, and accounts of all the officers of the county and especially those pertaining to revenue for a period of six months ending December 31, 1914, and that the employment of said expert for said purpose was approved by the superior court in and for the county of Mendocino, it being provided that said expert should be employed for a period not to exceed twenty-five days at a compensation of ten dollars per day.” It further appears that plaintiff performed said services beginning on February 3 and completing the work on March 24, 1915; that he made his report to said grand jury and presented to said body a statement showing the amount due him, to wit, the sum of $250; that thereafter this statement was ■presented to the judge of the superior court of said county and it was duly…