State ex rel. Reitemeyer v. Gasconade County Court

This is an application for a mandamus to compel the County Court of Gasconade county to commission the petitioner as treasurer of Gasconade county. The return to the first writ of mandamus shows the only reason of the refusal to commission him is, that the election at which he was chosen treasurer took place on the fourth day of November, 1862, and that he filed the oath required by the second section of the ordinance of the Convention defining the qualifications of voters and civil officers in this State, on the thirtieth day of October, 1862. The ordinance requires that the oath shall be…