Shields v. Wells

On the 3d day of June, 1937, there was tendered to the secretary of state a certain referendum petition for the purpose of referring to the vote of the people of this state an act of tilie Legislature known as Senate Bill No. i'54, now chapter 218 of the Session Laws of 1937- This petition purported to contain the signatures of 17,188 qualified electors of the state. It is stipulated that, under the provisions of section 5069, R. C. 1919, the signatures of 14,696 qualified electors are necessary to invoke the referendum. It follows, therefore, that, if all of the signatures on the petition…