People ex rel. Akin v. Matteson
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an application for a peremptory mandamus, founded upon the following agreed case: That at a regular election for city officers, held in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, on the 6th day of March (first Tuesday), A. D. 1855, an election was also held for the purpose of electing three police magistrates, under and by virtue of the provisions of an act, entitled “ An act for the better government of towns and cities, and to amend the…
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This was an application for a peremptory mandamus, founded upon the following agreed case: That at a regular election for city officers, held in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook, in the State of Illinois, on the 6th day of March (first Tuesday), A. D. 1855, an election was also held for the purpose of electing three police magistrates, under and by virtue of the provisions of an act, entitled “ An act for the better government of towns and cities, and to amend the charters thereof,” approved February 28th, 1854. That at such election, the votes were cast as follows: For “Police…
1Opinion of the Court
Catón, J.
The statute referred to in the agreed case, and under which the election was held, provides for the election of “Police Magistrates.” This court, in the case of Welsh on habeas corpus, decided that that law was passed under that provision of the constitution which authorized the legislature to provide for the election of justices of the peace; so that, although the law designates them under the generic term of magistrates, yet the strict constitutional name of the officer is “justice of the peace.” This term is not used in the ordinance ordering the election, but that follows the…
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