State ex rel. Anderson v. Howell
Washington Supreme Court
Application filed in the supreme court March. 21, 1919, for a writ of mandamus to compel the secretary of state to file an application for a referendum.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This is an application for a writ of mandamus to compel the secretary of state to accept and file certain documents offered by the relator for the purpose of subjecting § 1, ch. 46, of the Laws of 1919, p. 90, to a referendum. The secretary of state refused *543to file the documents offered by the relator, for the reason that the chapter mentioned contained an emergency clause and was, therefore, not subject to a referendum.
It appears that, in 1915, the legislature of this state enacted chapter 142 of the laws of that year. (Laws 1915, p. 385; Rem. Code, § 5562-1 et seq.). This act is commonly…
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