Schmidt v. Powell

Plaintiff-Appellant Frederick W. Schmidt appeals from the order of the Circuit Court which affirmed the administrative decision of the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, dated June 30, 1970, which denied issuance of a drivers license to appellant because his application did not contain a Social Security number as required by Chapter 95%, Section 6 — 106(b), Ill. Rev. Stat., 1969. The plaintiff did insert in the application the number assigned by the Federal Government for Federal income tax identification.

Plaintiff asserts that the statutory requirements are directory not mandatory.…