Opinion of the Justices to the Governor & Council
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
On November 23, 1883, the Governor and Council adopted an order requiring the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court upon the following important questions of law: 1. It being the duty of the Governor and Council to transmit a certificate of choice to the district attorneys and sheriffs who have been elected at any election duly held, in determining who is chosen, have the Governor and Council the power to examine and recount the ballots given in such…
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On November 23, 1883, the Governor and Council adopted an order requiring the opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court upon the following important questions of law: 1. It being the duty of the Governor and Council to transmit a certificate of choice to the district attorneys and sheriffs who have been elected at any election duly held, in determining who is chosen, have the Governor and Council the power to examine and recount the ballots given in such elections in the several cities and towns, or either of them, in order to ascertain the true result thereof, the ballots having…
1Opinion of the Court
On November 27, 1883, the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court returned the following opinion:
To His Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
The Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court have taken into consideration the questions proposed to them by his Excellency the Governor and the Honorable Council, and respectfully submit the following opinion:
The answers to the questions depend upon the construction and effect of the Public Statutes, which repealed and superseded all prior statutes upon the subject.
Chapter 7 of the Public Statutes provides…
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