Michigan Supreme Court, 1906

Cramton v. Secretary of State

Cramton v. Secretary of State
Michigan Supreme Court · Decided May 24, 1906
144 Mich. 341; 107 N.W. 875

Cramton v. Secretary of State

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The writs of mandamus in these two cases are denied, for the reason that petitions containing the requisite number of names were not presented to the secretary of State within the time prescribed by Act No. 181, Pub. Acts 1905. The language of the statute (section 2, chap. 3, of the act) is:

‘ ‘ The petition *, * * shall be delivered to said city clerk, county clerk or secretary of State at least 30 days before the second Tuesday .of June.”

This provision of the statute is mandatory. These petitions were not presented within the time, and therefore the respondent properly refused to consider them.

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