Lassiter v. Bryan

Citations

• 67 Fla. 478

Syllabus

<p>1. The provision of Article XXX of the Constitution that a local option “election shall be conducted in the manner prescribed by law for holding general elections,” does not necessarily require that the county canvassing board in a local option election shall be the same as in a general election; and the legislature did not clearly and palpably exceed its power in providing that the precinct returns in local option elections shall be canvassed by the county commissioners.</p> <p>2. It does not clearly appear beyond a reasonable doubt that because of the provisions of Article XIX of the Constitution, the legislature had no power to designate the county commissioners to be the county canvassing board in local option elections.</p> <p>3. The provision of section 1209 Gen. Stats, that “at least thirty days’ notice” of a local option election shall be published “in one newspaper in each and every town” in the county where such election is held, does not require that the publication shall be once each week during the thirty days preceding the election.</p>