Kugler's Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Northampton county. On the 13th of March 1866 a large number of the legal voters of Williams township petitioned the court for the appointment of commissioners “ to inquire into the necessity and propriety of dividing the township into two election districts.”
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Certiorari to the Court of Quarter Sessions of Northampton county. On the 13th of March 1866 a large number of the legal voters of Williams township petitioned the court for the appointment of commissioners “ to inquire into the necessity and propriety of dividing the township into two election districts.” Commissioners were accordingly appointed, who reported in favor of a division, and their report was confirmed nisi May 5th 1866. On the 29th of August 1866, upon the petition of a majority of the voters of the township, the court appointed a second commission to review. This commission also…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, March 30th 1867, by
Strong, J.
— This was a proceeding in the court below to divide an election-district, in which the commissioners reported in favor of a division and the court confirmed their report, refusing to order a vote of the qualified electors of the township upon the question whether the district should be divided or not. The proceeding was conducted under the 2d section of the Act of April 20th 1854, by which it was enacted “ that the Courts of Quarter Sessions shall have authority within their respective counties, to divide any borough, ward…
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