63 Cal. 117
Decided February 2, 1883
California Supreme Court · decided 1883-02-02
The petitioner prayed for a writ of mandate to compel the defendants, as members of the board of election commissioners of the city and county of San Francisco, to provide for, call, and hold a special election for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors of that city and county the question of ratifying a charter for its government, prepared and proposed by a board of fifteen freeholders, as provided by art. 11, § 8, of the Constitution.
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Decided 1883-02-02
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¶1The duties sought to be enforced on the part of the respondents are clearly enjoined by law. Performance of these duties cannot be refused on the ground set up by *118respondents, to wit, that there may not be sufficient funds in the treasury to defray the expenses of the election.
¶2Let the writ issue as prayed.