Kelso

This is an appeal from a judgment of the superior court of Los Angeles county, directing the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandate commanding the appellant, as city auditor of the city of Los Angeles, to number and record a demand which had been duly approved and allowed by the board of directors of the Los Angeles Public Library.

The charter of the city of Los Angeles makes provisions for a public library, which is to be managed by five directors, known as the “ board of directors of the *478 Los Angeles Public Library.” (Stats. 1889, art. VIII, p. 456.)

By section 86 the board is given power, among other things, to appoint a librarian and necessary assistants» and such other employees as may be necessary, to control and order the expenditure of all moneys at any time in the library fund, and order the drawing and payment of all moneys out of said fund for such expenditures and liabilities as are authorized, subject to the general provisions for the payment of demands on the city treasurer contained in article XXI, and generally to do all that may be necessary to carry out the spirit and intent of the charter in establishing a public library and reading-room.

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