Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The following order was passed by the Senate on April 30,1918, and on May 7, 1918, was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court. On May 13, 1918, the Justices returned the answer which is subjoined.
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The following order was passed by the Senate on April 30,1918, and on May 7, 1918, was transmitted to the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court. On May 13, 1918, the Justices returned the answer which is subjoined. Whereas, There is now pending in the Senate a bill, numbered House 1441, entitled “An Act relative to the administration of town affairs and to authorize the adoption of a limited town meeting,” a copy of which is herewith submitted (with changes, as it was passed to be engrossed by the House); and Whereas, There exist grave doubt and uncertainty as to the constitutional power of…
1Opinion of the Court
To the Honorable Senate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
We, the undersigned Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, have considered the questions, of which a copy with the order relating thereto is hereto annexed, and respectfully submit this opinion:
The questions and the accompanying bill relate to the power of the General Court under the Constitution to enact a general statute abolishing the town meeting form of government and substituting for it a qualified kind of municipal meeting wherein the power to vote shall be exercised alone by certain representative voters, consisting of a…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hill v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Wheelock v. City of LowellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- Larcom v. OlinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1893
- Cunningham v. Mayor of CambridgeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1916
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- Attorney General v. City of MethuenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1921
- Moore v. Election CommissionersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
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