State Ex Rel. Daniels v. Council of Portsmouth

By the Court.

Counsel supporting the demurrer predicate their position upon the sole proposition that the absence of the names of a committee of five in the initiative petition makes it fatally defective in view of the mandatory provisions of Section 27 heretofore set forth.

In Dillon v. City of Cleveland, 117 Ohio St., 258, 158 N. E., 606, this court held that where a municipality has adopted a charter containing initiative and referendum provisions which are reasonable and not in contravention of the constitutional provisions relating thereto, such charter procedure must be followed in…