O'Shea v. City of Holyoke

On November 17, 1959, the board of aider-men of Holyoke voted to pass an order by which Holyoke purported to accept G. L. c. 41, § 108E, inserted by St. 1959, c. 228 (providing minimum salaries for members of local police forces in communities accepting the section “by vote of the city council, subject to the provisions of the charter”). On November 25, 1959, the mayor “vetoed . . . [the] order.” On December 1, 1959, the board by an eight to two vote, with one alderman absent, voted to pass the order over the mayor’s veto. Thereafter, a group of citizens circulated a referendum petition (see…