State ex rel. Scanlan v. Archibold
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee ■county: LawR.ence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. This is an action in the nature of qua warranto brought by six town chairmen of the county of Milwaukee against sixteen men who claim to constitute the county board of Milwaukee county and who were at the time this action was commenced ■exercising the functions of members of the county board of Milwaukee county.
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Appeal from an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee ■county: LawR.ence W. Halsey, Circuit Judge. This is an action in the nature of qua warranto brought by six town chairmen of the county of Milwaukee against sixteen men who claim to constitute the county board of Milwaukee county and who were at the time this action was commenced ■exercising the functions of members of the county board of Milwaukee county. The defendants were elected pursuant to ch. 398 of the Laws of 1907 by assembly districts, this act prescribing a different representation in the county board in counties of 250,000…
1Opinion of the CourtKeuwiN, J.
Tbe only question involved in tbis case is whether cb. 398, Laws of 1907, is constitutional. Sec. 5 of tbis act adds to tbe statute a new section which reads as follows :
“Sec. 663a. Tbe county board of supervisors in all counties, having a population of at least two hundred and fifty thousand, according to the last state or United States census, shall be composed of supervisors chosen from each assembly district within said county. Each assembly district of said county shall be entitled to one supervisor who shall be elected for a term of two years by the electors of said assembly district..…
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