Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General v. King

Citations

• 278 Pa. 280
• 122 A. 279
• 1923 Pa. LEXIS 512

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Constitutional amendment — Advertising amendment — Municipal election — Acts of July 7, 1913, P. L. 693, and April 3, 1923, P. L. 55.</p> <p>1. Under the Act of April 3, 1923, No. 34, amending the Act of July 7, 1913, P. L. 693, the secretary of the Commonwealth may advertise prior to a municipal election in an odd numbered year a proposed constitutional amendment, which had been agreed to by the legislature a second time.</p> <p>2. The words “general election” which appear only in the early part of article XVIII, section 1, of the Constitution, have no connection with the voting to take place after the amendment has been twice approved by the legislature. ■</p> <p>3. The purpose of the advertisement after the amendment has first been approved and prior to the next general election is to give the electors opportunity to be advised concerning the amendment and to ascertain the policy of candidates who will have to pass upon it when it comes before the legislature a second time.</p> <p>4. The purpose of the second advertisement is to advise the electors themselves, so that they may vote intelligently and directly upon the proposed amendment.</p>