Schwartz v. Wachlin

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Swayze, J.

We think the writ must be refused. The Walsh act, as originally .passed, required that the votes cast in favor of the adoption of the act equal thirty per cent, of the votes cast for members of the general assembly at the last general election immediately preceding the submission of the act. This was changed in 1915 (Pamph. L., p. 12), and the act now requires thirty per cent, of the total number of legal ballots cast in such city at the last general election for members of assembfy immediately preceding the submission of the act. The title…