Ohio Power Co. v. Davidson

OPINION

By LONES, J.

Sec 4227-6 GC provides in so far as it is applicable to this case that whoever seeks to propose an ordinance in a municipality by initiative petition “shall before circulating such petition file a duly verfied copy of the proposed ordinance or measure with the city auditor if it be a city.”

The requirement that a duly verified copy of the proposed ordinance be filed with *488the auditor before the petition is circulated is mandatory and not merely discretionary. Substantial compliance with this provision is essential to the validity of the petition and to the jurisdiction of the…