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ATTORNEY GENERAL vs. COMMON COUNCIL (Detroit)

Michigan Supreme Court1885-10-14
1 McGrath 121558 M., 213

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Opinion

majority opinion

To compel respondent to take action upon certain nominations made by the mayor, of jiersons to act as a ‘‘board of commissioners of registration and election” for the City of Detroit.

Denied October 14, 1885.

The act providing for the appointment is held unconstitutional, (1) as making particular political opinions a condition of holding office; (2) as sub-delegating the popular power of choosing officers, and (3) as interfering with the municipal right to local government.