Dickson v. Hardy

Opinion on the Merits.: Plaintiff alleged that the ordinance, No. 39 of 1932, referred to as a “power defining ordinance,” is illegal for the following reason^;

*526“(ib) The right to determine and define powers under Act 302 of 1910, is vested in the City Council solely to carry out the legislative purpose as announced in the statute, is an administrative matter and not subject to referendum, as provided for in Act 302 o& 1910.”

Generally, the power of referendum was intended to apply solely to the legislative powers of the city, and, in the absence of a very clear declaration to the contrary, it…