Attorney General v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

This is an information, in the nature of a petition for a writ of mandamus, by the Attorney General on behalf of the Commonwealth. It was filed February 28, 1940. The respondent is the Secretary of the Commonwealth, who is charged with the duty of preparing ballots to use in the election of State officers. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 54, § 40. The Attorney General seeks a writ of mandamus to restrain the Secretary from preparing ballots in *27conformity with the provisions of St. 1939, c. 507, approved August 12, 1939, entitled “An Act to establish councillor and senatorial districts,” on the ground…