People v. Nally
California Supreme Court
Application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandate. The Act of March 28, 1874, provided that the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou county must meet in Yreka, the county seat, on the second Monday in May, 1874, and order an election to be held in Siskiyou county, on the 30th day of May, 1874, at which the qualified electors of the county might vote on the question of the annexation, to Siskiyou county, of a portion of Klamath county described in the Act.
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Application to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandate. The Act of March 28, 1874, provided that the Board of Supervisors of Siskiyou county must meet in Yreka, the county seat, on the second Monday in May, 1874, and order an election to be held in Siskiyou county, on the 30th day of May, 1874, at which the qualified electors of the county might vote on the question of the annexation, to Siskiyou county, of a portion of Klamath county described in the Act. That if a majority of the votes voted for annexation, the said Board of Supervisors must, within five days after canvassing the returns,…
1Opinion of the Court
By Crockett, J.,
2ConcurrenceRhodes, J.
The first section of the Act of March 28, 1874, (Statutes 1873-4, p. 755), directed a vote to be taken of the qualified electors of Siskiyou county, whether a certain portion of Klamath county should be annexed to Siskiyou. If a majority of votes should be in the affirmative, the Act provides that Klamath county shall be abolished, and a portion of its territory shall be annexed to Siskiyou, and the remainder to Humboldt county. It is claimed on behalf of the relator, that this was a delegation of legislative power to the people of Siskiyou, and that for this reason the Act is…
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