Williams v. Secretary of State
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by Stephen D. Williams to compel George A. Prescott, secretary of State, to give the notices of election of State senators under the provisions of Act No. 264, Pub. Acts 1895.
1Opinion of the CourtMcAlvay, J.
Relator, a resident and elector in Wayne county, applies for a writ of mandamus against respondent, secretary of State, to compel him to give notice of the election of senators required by section 3606, 1 Comp. Laws, under Act No. 264, Pub. Acts 1895, claiming that Act No. 245 of the Public Acts of 1905, entitled “An act to divide the State of Michigan into thirty-two senatorial districts,” being the act under which respondent proposes to give said notices, and also Act No. 189 of the Public Acts of 1901, are unconstitutional and void; that the limitation upon the power delegated by the…
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