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 6, 1920. At the time they were allowed, the city had made provision for a fund, designated street lighting district No. 1 fund of the city of Mandan, N. D.

After the bill for $280.72 had been allowed by the city commissioners. the defendants issued a warrant for that sum drawn on the special street lighting fund. This was handed to Mr. Roth, vice president of the board of directors of the plaintiff corporation. At the time he received it he did not examine it, but soon afterward did, and, on finding that it was drawn on the special street lighting fund, returned it to the city auditor and informed him that the plaintiff refused to accept it, because it was not drawn on the general fund. The auditor offered plaintiff warrants drawn on the special street lighting fund, which offer was refused, and warrants On the general fund demanded.

Chap. 69 of the Laws of 1915, supra, provide in part as follows:

“If the owners of the majority of the property abutting street or streets where said lighting system is to be installed, shall not within ten days after the last publication of said notice protest against said lighting system or improvement, then the majority af such owners shall be deemed to have consented thereto, and such city may proceed to provide for the construction of such improvement and to assess the costs thereof against the abutting property in the same manner and with the same notice and according to the same forms and procedure as now provided by statute for the construction and assessment of street paving; and upon such proceedings being taken and completed, the cost of such construction or such part thereof as the counsel or commission shall deem proper, be assessed against the abutting property in the same manner and according to the same form as now provided by law for the assessment of the cost of street paving.”

§ 3726, Compiled Laws of 1913, provides how special assessments shall be made in case of the construction of sewers, paving, etc., to pay the costs thereof, or such part thereof as is to be paid by special assessment, including all expense in making such assessment, publishing necessary notices with reference thereto, etc. As the cost of the special lighting system is to be assessed against the abutting property in the same manner, and with the same notice, and according to the same forms and procedure as now provided by statute for the construction and assessment of street paving, and as § 3726, with reference to street paving. designates publication of notices as part of the expense and costs of con-