Ohio Ex Rel. Davis v. Hildebrant
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OP THE STATE OP OHIO. The facts, which involve the construction and effect of the referendum amendment of 1912 to the constitution of the State of Ohio, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
By an amendment to the constitution of Ohio adopted September 3, 1912, the legislative power was expressly declared to be vested not only in the Senate and House of Representatives of the State, constituting the General Assembly, but in the people in whom a right was reserved by way of referendum to approve or disapprove by popular vote any law enacted by the General Assembly. And by other constitutional provisions the machinery to carry out the referendum was created'. Briefly they were this: Within a certain time after the enactment of a law by the Senate and House of Representatives and…
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