Bd. of Ed. v. Mayor Etc. of Frederick

The question in this case is whether a statute which empowers the Mayor and Aldermen of Frederick, a municipal corporation, to condemn a specific piece of property, located within the corporate limits of the City of. Frederick, and belonging to the Board of Education of Frederick County, is a local law within the meaning of Article XVI of the State Constitution, so that it may be referred under that Article to the voters of Frederick County.

It appears from the record that the land comprising the campus upon which the Frederick High School is located, was purchased by the Board of Education in…