State on inf. of Dalton v. Dearing

ELLISON, Judge.

This is ah amended Information" in the nature of quo warranto brought by the Attorney General directly in- this court and submitted on briefs. We have jurisdiction because it is an original remedial writ. Art. V, Sec. 4, Const.Mo.1945. It involves a construction of Art. VI, Secs. 30(a), and' 30(b), Const.1945.

Sec. 30(a) authorizes the people of the city and county of St. Louis to consolidate their respective territories and-governments *382into one political subdivision under the municipal government of the city, and, among other things (4) to establish a metropolitan district or…