Moss v. Riley
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 1 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM BELL CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The Constitution left to the General Assembly the duty of prescribing the manner of -election of school trustees, hut provided in section 147 that all other elections shall he by secret official ballot.
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Case 1 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM BELL CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The Constitution left to the General Assembly the duty of prescribing the manner of -election of school trustees, hut provided in section 147 that all other elections shall he by secret official ballot. The framers of the charter for cities of the fourth class, by not prescribing the viva voce manner of electing members of the board of education evidently intended thereby to leave their election to be held- under the provisions of th© Constitution, which, prescribed the manner of holding it unless it was otherwise provided by the…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HAZELRIGG
DELIVERED THE OPINION OF THE COUKT.
The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the members tof the board of education of Pineville, a city of the fourth class, are to be elected by a viva voce vote or by a secret ballot. Beginning with section 145 and ending with section 154, under the head of “Suffrage and Elections,” the Constitution prescribes the qualifications of voters, a scheme of registration and requires (section 147) that all elections by the people should be by secret official ballot. Otlier provisions contain limitations on the number of elections and fix…
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