People ex rel. Ringe v. Gochenour

Citations

• 54 Ill. 123

Syllabus

<p>1. Election for town officers, in the city of Vandalia—of appointing the place of holding the same. Under the act of 1869, incorporating the city of Vandalia, and constituting the city a separate election district for the election of township officers, it is made the duty of the city council to fix the place of holding the election, and it is held not sufficient for the council, on the day before the election, to meet and have a verbal understanding where the election should be held, and that the record be subsequently made up in conformity with such understanding; but the council should take such formal action before the election that citizens could know from its records where it was to be held, and by what officers.</p> <p>2. Same—notice by the town clerh. The town clerk could not properly give notice, under that act, of the election to be held in the city precinct, until the city council had acted for the purpose of determining where the election was to be held.</p>