Herold v. Townsend
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, Judge:
This proceeding involves the constitutionality of the "Tax Limitation Amendment” (House Joint Resolution No. 3, Adopted August 6, 1932, Chapter 9, Acts 1932, Extraordinary Session), which was submitted for ratification on Tuesday, November 8, 1932. The basis of the attack is that the proposed amendment was not "published at least three months before” the last general election "in some newspaper in every county in which a newspaper is printed,” as provided in section 2, Article XIV of our Constitution.
The question is raised on the petition of A. C. Herold, and others, as citizens…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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