State ex rel. Faxon v. Owsley
Supreme Court of Missouri
Quo Warranto. Section 1011, Revised Statutes, 1889, providing that ■all the costs and expenses of registration, election and ■of the office of recorder of voters shall he paid, one-half out of the city treasury and one-half out of the county treasury, is in violation of sections 1, 3, 8, 9 and 10 of article 10 of the state constitution of 1875. ■ By sections 1 and 10 of the constitution, one mode is created for ■the exercise of the taxing power for state purposes, and…
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Quo Warranto. Section 1011, Revised Statutes, 1889, providing that ■all the costs and expenses of registration, election and ■of the office of recorder of voters shall he paid, one-half out of the city treasury and one-half out of the county treasury, is in violation of sections 1, 3, 8, 9 and 10 of article 10 of the state constitution of 1875. ■ By sections 1 and 10 of the constitution, one mode is created for ■the exercise of the taxing power for state purposes, and another for the exercise of the same power by and for counties, cities and towns. By section 1 the taxing power for state…
1Opinion of the CourtBbaoe, J.
This is a proceeding by the state through the attorney general by way of information in the nature of a quo warranto, to oust the respondent from the office of recorder of voters of Kansas City, on the ground that the statute under which he was appointed to said office, and by virtue of which he is exercising its functions, is unconstitutional.
Kansas City is a city of more than one hundred thousand inhabitants. The constitution provides that “The general assembly shall provide, by law, for the registration of all voters in cities and counties having a population of more than one hundred…
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