People ex rel. Ellsworth v. Laine
California Supreme Court
' Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The City of Petaluma was created a municipal corporation by statute of April 12th, 1858. (Laws of 1858, pp. 140-4.) The inhabitants within the territory therein described accepted said Act, and organized a municipal government pursuant thereto.
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' Appeal from the District Court, Fourth Judicial District, City and County of San Francisco. The City of Petaluma was created a municipal corporation by statute of April 12th, 1858. (Laws of 1858, pp. 140-4.) The inhabitants within the territory therein described accepted said Act, and organized a municipal government pursuant thereto. At the regular municipal election for the year A. 13. 1866, the following persons were duly elected Trustees of said municipality, viz: L. Ellsworth, B. F. Tuttle, Q-. Warner, J. S. Cutter, and J. B. Hinkle, each of whom qualified and entered upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, Sawyer, J. :
We have carefully examined the Registry Act with reference to the questions presented by the record, and we are of opinion that it was intended to cover the whole subject of the elective franchise, and to apply to municipal and local, as well as to general State and county elections. Section thirteen empowers the Board of Supervisors of each county, and makes it the duty of ■ such Board immediately after the passage of the Act, to proceed to establish a convenient number *59of Election Districts in the county and define their boundaries, etc., “ as the convenience of…
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