Fox v. Bd. of Supervisors of San Mateo Cty.

Citations

• 49 Cal. 563

Syllabus

<p>Election fob Removal oe County Seat.—The authority of a Board of Supervisors to order an election for the removal of a county seat must be measured by the statute, and, in ordering an election, the Board must pursue the mode pointed out in the statute.</p> <p>Idem.—A Board of Supervisors cannot order an election for the removal of a county seat, unless the required number of electors who petition for such election have signed the identical petition presented to the Board. If two petitions, identical in language, are circulated and signed, and, to make the required number of names, the signatures on one petition are cut off and pasted on to the other, which is presented, the Board have no authority to order the election.</p>