People ex rel. Stead v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Original petition for mandamus. This is an original proceeding commenced in this court in the name of the People, upon the relation of the Attorney General, against the board of supervisors of Edgar county, to coerce said board of supervisors to appoint judges of election in the several election districts in said county in accordance with the provisions of an act of the General Assembly approved May 18, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, (Laws of 1905, p. 202,) entitled “An act to…
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Original petition for mandamus. This is an original proceeding commenced in this court in the name of the People, upon the relation of the Attorney General, against the board of supervisors of Edgar county, to coerce said board of supervisors to appoint judges of election in the several election districts in said county in accordance with the provisions of an act of the General Assembly approved May 18, 1905, in force July 1, 1905, (Laws of 1905, p. 202,) entitled “An act to amend sections 32, 33 and' 37 of an act entitled ‘An act in regard to elections, and to provide for filling vacancies…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hand
The first question presented for decision upon this record' is, is the provision of section 33 of the statute as amended, which provides the county board shall appoint as judges of election in the several election districts or precincts of the county the persons selected by the members of the county board belonging to the political party having the greatest number of votes upon said board and by the members of the county board belonging to the political party having the second greatest number of votes upon said board, mandatory, or only directory ?
The. statute' provides that in counties under…
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