State ex rel. Bailey v. Smith

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stiles, J. —

The respondent was the clerk of school district dSTo. 1 of Jefferson county, which included the city of Port Townsend, and prior to the annual election of 1891, pursuant to § 55 of the general school law of 1890, he published an election notice, in which he notified the electors of the district that the polls would be open from 12 m. to 7 o’clock p. m. The last proviso of § 55 required that in cities and incorporated towns the polls should be open not later than 1 o’clock p. m., and closed not earlier than 8 p. m. The polls did actually…