Hawkins v. Carroll

At its 1938 session, the General Assembly passed an Act, 40 Stat. at Large, p. 1775, amending Section 1 of an Act of 1934, 38 Stat. at Large, p. 1338, relating to the election and term of office of school trustees in Spartanburg County, the part of such amendatory Act here pertinent being as follows : “Upon a written petition signed by at least one-third of the qualified electors and one-third of the resident freeholders of any school district being filed with the Chairman of the Board of Registration on or before February 25th of any year, including 1939, the Board shall determine on or…