People v. Young
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an application to this court for a writ of mandamus, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, on the relation of Lyman Baldwin, against Delos W. Young, Mayor of the City of Aurora, and Lorenzo D. Brady, and others, Aldermen of said city, to compel the respondents, comprising the Common Council of the City of Aurora, to count the votes viven for Alderman at an election held in the fourteenth ward O of said city, and to admit the relator to take the oath of…
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This was an application to this court for a writ of mandamus, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, on the relation of Lyman Baldwin, against Delos W. Young, Mayor of the City of Aurora, and Lorenzo D. Brady, and others, Aldermen of said city, to compel the respondents, comprising the Common Council of the City of Aurora, to count the votes viven for Alderman at an election held in the fourteenth ward O of said city, and to admit the relator to take the oath of office and exercise the duties thereof, as Alderman, alleging that he was duly elected as such. The question arising…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
We only propose to consider the question whether the amendatory act of the 10th of ,February, 1865, repeals the third section of the act of 1857, incorporating the City óf Aurora. The section referred to, declares that the city shall be divided into four wards, and fixes their boundaries, but it contains this proviso: “ that the Common Council may at any regular meeting, increase the number of wards and fix the boundaries of the same.” Section eleven of the act of 1865, declares that section three of chapter one of the act of 1857, “ shall be so amended, that it shall read as follows.” It…
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