Hughes v. Jenss

This is an application for an order of mandamus (alternative or peremptory) requiring the council of the city of Niagara Falls to call a special election so as to submit at such special election, to the voters of said city the following question: “ Shall the City of Niagara Falls adopt the Simplified Form of Government defined as Plan F and consisting of ' Government by means of separate Executive and Legislative Departments consisting of councilmen elected by the district,’ called Plan F, according to the provisions of Chapter 444 of the Laws of 1914, known as ‘ The Optional City Government…