State v. Wurts
Supreme Court of New Jersey
This was an application made by Charles Bott and others for a writ of certiorari to review the statement of the result of an election held in the State of New Jersey, on the 28th day of September, 1897, for the proposed amendment to the constitution of the state relating to lotteries and gambling, as ascertained and determined by the board of state canvassers organized under the act of the 25th of May, 1897, on the 19th day of October, 1897, whereby the said board determined…
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This was an application made by Charles Bott and others for a writ of certiorari to review the statement of the result of an election held in the State of New Jersey, on the 28th day of September, 1897, for the proposed amendment to the constitution of the state relating to lotteries and gambling, as ascertained and determined by the board of state canvassers organized under the act of the 25th of May, 1897, on the 19th day of October, 1897, whereby the said board determined and declared that at said election the proposed amendment to the constitution, relating to lotteries and gambling,…
1DissentVan Syckel, J.
Our state constitution
authorizes the legislature to formulate amendments to the constitution and submit them to a vote of the people for ratification or rejection at a special election to be held for that purpose, and it provides that “if the people shall approve and ratify such amendment or amendments, or any of them, by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the legislature voting thereon, such amendment or amendments so approved and ratified shall become part of the constitution.”
No provision is contained in the constitution for the manner of finally determining…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. SwiftIndiana Supreme Court · 1880
3Cited by2 opinions
- Bott v. Secretary of StateSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1898
- Bott v. WurtsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1899