State ex rel. McCue v. Blaisdell
North Dakota Supreme Court
Application by the state, on relation of T. F. MoCue, Attorney General, for ;a (writ of certiorari to> be directed to- Alfred Blaisdell, as Secretary of State, and J. W. Fabrick, as County Auditor of Ward county.
1Opinion of the CourtSpalding, J.
Section 168 of the Constitution of this state, as far as pertinent to the present controversy, reads as. follows: “All changes in the boundaries of organized counties, before taking effect, shall be submitted to the electors of the county or .counties to be affected thereby at a general election and be adopted by a majority of all the legal votes cast in each county at such election.” At the general election in 1908 several propositions for the division of, and the creation of, new counties from the present county of Ward were duly submitted to the electors of that county. None of the…
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