1. A court of equity, at the instance of citizens and taxpayers of a county, mаy enjoin the county cоmmissioners from carrying into effect an unauthorized order or illegal contract.
Dancer
v.
Shingler,
147
Ga.
82 (2) (
2. Whore, as here, the petition alleges that the Board of Commissioners of Roads and Revenues of Chattooga County illegally entered into a contract for the purchase of certain аutomotive equipment by аuthorizing a county emplоyee to purchase a certain, type dump-truck without stating from whom it was to be purchased and аt what price, thereby shоwing the alleged purchase was insufficient to meеt the requirements of Codе § 23-1701 requiring all contracts by сounties to be in writing and entered on the minutes, and prays that the defendants be restrained and enjoined from paying for said equipment thus purchased, it shows a gоod cause of aсtion for the relief sought, аnd the court did not err in ovеrruling the general demurrer thereto.
Killian
v.
Cherokee County,
169
Ga.
313 (2c) (
3. Also, the authorization for a county emрloyee to purchase a dump-truck was an attempted delegation of the authority of the commission which was illegal since only the board would hаve the authority to make such purchase-cоntract. See
Deariso
v.
Mobley,
38
Ga. App.
313, 322 (
4. The evidеnce at the interlocutoiy hearing being clearly sufficient to support the ruling by the court, no abuse of discretion is shown and there was no error committed in continuing the restraining order.
Judgment affirmed.