City of Ardmore v. State Ex Rel. Best
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Carter County; Stihoell II. Bussell, Judge. Mandamus by the State, on relation of I. R. Best, against the City of Ardmore and others. Judgment for relator, and respondents bring error. The proceeding is from a judgment in the district court of Carter county awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus, ordering and directing plaintiffs in error, defendants below, to issue certain public utility bonds.
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Error from District Court, Carter County; Stihoell II. Bussell, Judge. Mandamus by the State, on relation of I. R. Best, against the City of Ardmore and others. Judgment for relator, and respondents bring error. The proceeding is from a judgment in the district court of Carter county awarding a peremptory writ of mandamus, ordering and directing plaintiffs in error, defendants below, to issue certain public utility bonds. On the 15th day of Februaiy, 1909, the city council of Ardmore, a city of the first class, passed an ordinance ordering and calling a special election to be held in that…
1Opinion of the CourtHates, J.
(after stating the facts as above.) By section 1, art.- 5, of the Constitution the power is reserved to the people of the state to propose laws and to enact or reject the same at the polls independent of the Legislature, and also to approve or reject at the polls any act of the Legislature. These powers, designated as the initiative and referendum, are, by section 5 of the same article, reserved to the legal voters of every county and district of the state as to all local legislation or action in the administration of county or district government. Section 4(a), art. 18, reserves these same…
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