Jacoby v. Dallis

On December 3, 1901, the General Assembly passed an act to establish a dispensary in the City of LaGrange, the 14th section of which provided that “this act shall not go into effect until it has been ratified by a majority vote of the qualified *273voters of the City of LaGrange in the following manner, to wit: Within twenty days after the passage of this act the mayor of the City of LaGrange shall order an election, at which shall be submitted the question of ‘ dispensary,’ or ‘no dispensary.’ Those voting for dispensary shall have written or printed upon their ballots, ‘ For dispensary,’ and…