Welch v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaska District Court. Mandamus. — Upon tbe issues joined, tbe court found the following facts: 1. At their June session, 1866, the board of supervisors of Mahaska county selected the “ Oskaloosa .Herald,” the only newspaper then published in the county, as the paper in which should be published the laws and proceedings of the board, as required by chapter 118 of the Acts of the 11th General Assembly, and said laws and proceedings were accordingly so published.…
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Appeal from Mahaska District Court. Mandamus. — Upon tbe issues joined, tbe court found the following facts: 1. At their June session, 1866, the board of supervisors of Mahaska county selected the “ Oskaloosa .Herald,” the only newspaper then published in the county, as the paper in which should be published the laws and proceedings of the board, as required by chapter 118 of the Acts of the 11th General Assembly, and said laws and proceedings were accordingly so published. 2. August 2,1866, plaintiff commenced the.publication of a newspaper in said county, devoted to politics and news, has ‘…
1Opinion of the CourtWright, J.
i. publication board of visors: statute construed. The act upon which plaintiff relies (ch. 118, p. 9, 125, Laws of the eleventh general assembly, passed, April 2, 1866), provides, that the of supervisors of the several counties, , ... _ shall,‘at their meeting m the month oí June, 1866, and thereafter, at each regular meeting in the month of January, select two newspajiers having the largest circulation, or one, if but one be published in *202the county, in which said paper or papers, shall be published all general laws enacted by the present and future general assemblies. The Secretary of State…
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