Haskin

It is admitted that the plaintiffs are entitled to the writ prayed for, if the notice required by section 3 of the act of March 19, 1889, and published by order of the board of trustees, sufficiently stales the amount of tax levy which is to be made for the payment of the bonds and interest for each year during the existence of the debt. The act provides that the notice shall state “ the number and character of the bonds to be issued, the rate of interest to be paid, and the amount of tax levy to be made for the payment thereof.” (Stats. 1889, p. 400.)

The board passed and published ordinances determining that it was necessary to make certain municipal improvements, and estimated therein the cost thereof as follows: Bridges, $14,628.50; grading, filling, etc., of Higuera Street, $16,929.73; widening Chorro Street, $2,500; Pacific Street, $1,500; sewers, $9,431.77; total, $45,000; and calling a special election submitting to the qualified voters of the city the question of incurring an indebtedness and bonding the city for said improvements. The latter ordinance provided that each proposition above stated should be voted on separately. Thereafter a notice was published calling a…