White's Penal Code Volume 1; Embracing All Penal Legislation Down to and Including the Acts of the Legislature of 1915, Annotated in Cyclopedic Style (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: ...for such election: Provided, no city or town shall be divided in making any such subdivision. ANALYSIS OF NOTES. Petition--Note 1. H. Tnformation--incorporated town. A. Requisites. I. Incorporated town embraced in pre (a) Rule stated. clnct (b Qualified voters. J-Qualified voters--residence. B Necessity of netition K-description. B. necessity or pennon. (a) BmbraeinK incorporated town. C. Entering on minutes. (b) AdditionaI description--school D. "Citizen" and "voter "--whether district. equivalent. L signatures B. Order for election--going behind M' 0rder for elecUon _ golnp behlnd to inquire into petition. to innRire as t0 sufficiency of F. Description of territory--metes petition. and bounds, when required. i, ocal option in towns--Note 2. G. Signature. A. Towns--meaning of. (a) Presumption. B. Boundaries of districts covering (b) Burden of proof. town--cfrect 0f. (c) Less than law requires. c. No separate voting place in city. Title LXIX. Art. 3384, notes 1-11 Local option in towns--Note 2. Subdivisions--Note 3. D. Incorporation. A. Petition for--recording. (a) Information--requisite slgna-(a) In general. tures. (b) Justices' precincts, cities and (b) Signers of petition. towns. E. Unincorporated town. B. Penalty In subdivisions. F. Wards of city being Ignored--vot ing precincts. 1. Petition. A. Requisites. (a) Rule stated. There is no provision of statute which prescribes the requisites of a local option petition. No particular allegations or statements are required to be made in it. If it expresses in an intelligible manner the desire of petitioners that a local option election shall be held to determine whether local option shall be originally adopted or continued in force, it will be sufficient. Ex parte Lynn. 19 T. Cr. 293; Lipar...