People Ex Rel. Bowen v. Hughes

This is an appeal from the circuit court of Sangamon county to review the judgment of that court dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the Secretary of State to secure, through the Department of Public Welfare, the automobile license plates necessary to be supplied and delivered to vehicle owners for the year 1938, it being the petitioner’s contention that under an act entitled “An act to regulate the employment of convicts and prisoners in penal and reformatory institutions,” etc., known as the Prison Industries act, the Secretary of State is required to secure such license…