State ex rel. Henderson Banking Co. v. Lytton
Nevada Supreme Court
Original proceeding. Mandamus by the State of Nevada, on the relation of the Henderson Banking Company, against Edward B. Lytton, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Elko County.
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Original proceeding. Mandamus by the State of Nevada, on the relation of the Henderson Banking Company, against Edward B. Lytton, Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Elko County. Statement of Facts Pursuant to the act approved March 28, 1907 (Stats. 1907, p. 335, c. 139), providing for the issuance of bonds in the sum of $100,000 for building a court-house and jail for Elko County, at the regular election in 1908 a majority of the electors voted in favor of the issuance of bonds in the amount named. On the 16th day of December the board of county commissioners ordered that the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Talbot, J.
(after stating the facts):
The only question presented is whether the act providing for the issuance of bonds for building a new court-house and jail in Elko County, and which is not applicable to other counties, is in contravention of section 20, article IV, of the State Constitution, which prohibits the legislature from passing local or special laws regulating county and township business, or is inimical to sections 21 and 25 of the same article, requiring that the system of county and township government shall be uniform, and that in all cases where a general law *69can…
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