Carriere v. Board of Registrars of Voters

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to examine and certify an alleged referendum petition as required by G. L. c. 43, § 38. The city of Fitchburg duly adopted as its charter Plan B of St. 1915, c. 267, now G. L. c. 43, §§ 1-45, 56-63. The order or *288vote of the city council here sought to be made the subject of referendum was finally passed by the city council on March 16, 1926, and approved by the mayor on March 26, 1926. Late in the afternoon of April 5, 1926, being the twentieth day after the passage of said order or vote by the city council, an alleged…