Bridgehampton School District No. 2 v. Superintendent of Public Instruction

This appeal presents the question of the proper construction of section 9, chapter 5, part 1, of the Michigan school code, Act No. 319, Pub. Acts 1927 (2 Comp. Laws 1929, § 7180 [Stat. Ann. § 15.100]). This section 9 reads:

“Whenever the county commissioner of schools is presented with a petition or petitions requesting him to submit to the legal school electors the question of establishing a rural agricultural school, he shall refer to the superintendent of public instruction for his opinion as to the advisability of uniting all of said territory into one rural agricultural school district.…