State ex rel. Brewster v. Bentley

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

This is an original proceeding in mandamus, and the question to be determined is whether an .act of the legislature, approved February 27, 1917, which authorizes cities to adopt what is known as the city manager plan, is constitutional.

The alternative writ, issued less than a month after the law was enacted, directed the defendants, the mayor, the board of commissioners, and the clerk of the city of Wichita, to print and distribute ballots and submit to the electors the question of adopting the provisions of the act at the regular election…