Skipper v. Dermott-Collins Road Improvement District

The road improvement district involved.in this appeal was created by an act of the General Assembly at the extraordinary session held in February, 1920 (act No. 240, special session, Feb. 1920), and the statute creating the district contained a provision that it should not become effective “ until the same has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the district, voting at a special election to be called by the chancery judge of the Second Chancery District of the State of Arkansas.” There was also a provision in the same section of the statute in regard to…