Legal Opinion
In re the City Clerk of Passaic
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided May 18, 1920PublishedCited by 5 opinions
On, petition, &c.
1Opinion of the Court
The matter was heard and the opinion delivered pursuant to the statute by
IIixtitbx, J.
The legislature in adopting the Walsh act (Pamph. L. 1911, p. 462, eh. 221), for the government of municipalities, incorporated in its provisions certain distinctive features providing for a recall and method of popular legislation, based upon the notion of an initiative and referendum proceeding. These features of the legislation were to be made operative by the filing of a duly verified petition, by a percentage of the municipal voters, and this provision of the legislation particularly with reference to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Goodrich v. . RussellNew York Court of Appeals · 1870
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