In Re Referendum Petition No. 31
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Appeal from Ruling of Secretary of State; J. L. Lyon, Secretary. In the matter of Referendum Petition No. 31, State Question No. 95, Senate Bill No. 307 of 1917 Legislature, known as the Muskogee Free Fair Bill. From a ruling of the secretary of state sustaining the validity of the petition, Charles A. Moon, protestant, appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtTurner, J.
On April 10, 1917, J. H. Everest, representing petitioners, filed in the office of the secretary of state copy of referendum petition No. 31, State Question No. 95; the object of which was to secure a referendum of Senate Bill No. 307, being an act of the 1917 Legislature known as the Muskogee Free Fair Bill, and on June 4, 1917, followed it up by also filing therein pamphlet petitions purporting to be signed by 16,800 voters of the state, asking a vote on said bill at an election to be held August 6, 1918, pursuant to Oonst. art. 5, § 3, and |Rev. Laws 1910, c. 37, § 3368 et seq. On June 20,…
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