Pritchett v. County Board of School Trustees

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the circuit court of White County affirming an order of the county board of school trustees of White County. The constitutionality of certain statutes being involved, a direct appeal has been taken to this court. The legislative enactments in question are two sections of the School Code, both numbered 4B-4 and both enacted during the 1953 session of the General Assembly. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 122, par. 4B-4, approved July 13, 1953, and Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 122, par. 4B-4, approved May 8, 1953.

On August 8, 1953, the school directors of…