State ex rel. Cosse v. Judge of the Twenty-second Judicial District Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
QN APPLICATION for Writs of Certiorari and Prohibition. cites: 69 Fed. Rep. 862-3; 6 Wall. 50; 13 An. 90; 78 111. 261, et seq.; Merrill on Mandamus, par. 61; 25 An. 264; 82 Ill. 119; 28 An. 705.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Miller, J.
Under the election act of 1894, No. 181, the police jury is to establish the precincts and number of polling places in the wards of the parish, as many as deemed requisite, provided there shall never be less than one precinct, and the authority is given the jury to subdivide the ward, each subdivision to constitute a precinct. When this duty shall have been performed, the statute prohibits any change in precincts and polling places, except by a vote of two-thirds 'of all *848the members of the jury, and it is exacted the changing ordinance is-to…
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