City of Lawrence v. McArdle

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

The issue in this case is whether the equalization of firemens salaries with those of policemen is a proper subject of an initiative petition. The trial court held it was not, and the proponents of an equalization ordinance have appealed.

The initiative statute, K. S. A. 12-3013, provides a procedure whereby a city’s electors may initiate by petition any proposed ordinance “except an administrative ordinance” (and except certain other types of ordinance not relevant here). A petition meeting the statutory requirements as to form was submitted…