People v. Reynolds
Illinois Supreme Court
Motion for a peremptory mandamus to John Reynolds, Recorder of Deeds for the county of Gallatin and State of Illinois, to require him to enter upon the records of said county certain deeds tendered to him for that purpose by the Relator in this case.
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Motion for a peremptory mandamus to John Reynolds, Recorder of Deeds for the county of Gallatin and State of Illinois, to require him to enter upon the records of said county certain deeds tendered to him for that purpose by the Relator in this case. The motion was predicated upon certain facts set forth in the petition of the Relator, which are substantially as follow : That on the first Monday of August, 1847, Gallatin coun*> ty was included within certain limits defined by law and so recognized; that by an Act of the General Assembly, approved January 26, 1826, the county seat was located…
1Opinion of the Court
The Opinion of the Court was delivered by
Caton, J.
The law, the constitutionality of which is questioned by this application, provides for the division of Gallatin county, incorporating a part of its territory into a * new county, called Saline. The Act goes on in detail, with all the various provisions necessary to effect the change, and then, in the tenth section, provides for an election, authorizing the people of that county to say, by their vote, whether they wished the division or not, and that the law should only go into operation in the event that a majority of the voters at such…
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