State Ex Rel. Swirczynski v. Key

This -was a proceeding by plaintiff in error for a writ of mandamus to compel the county election board of Oklahoma county to receive plaintiff in error’s application to file as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for sheriff of said county, and to place his name upon the ticket to be voted upon at the forthcoming primary election, and involves the validity of chapter 121, Acts of the Legis-. lature, Special Session 1924, generally known as the “Pour Year Term Act,’’ because it fixes the terms of certain county officers at four years.

Plaintiff in error presented his application to the…