State Ex Rel. Billington v. Sinclair

(dissenting)—I agree with counsel for appellants that the ordinance proposed is invalid, in view of the fact that it would require abandonment by the city of Vancouver of the commission form of government prior to the expiration of six years from the date of adoption of that form of government. That this is violative of the statute (Rem. Rev. Stat., § 9112) is patent. The obvious purpose of the six-year limitation is to prevent rapid and recurrent fluctuations in the governmental organization of cities. In State ex rel. Alexander v. Evanson, 64 N. D. 603, 255 N. W. 98, it is observed…