State ex rel. Gibson v. Monahan

Citations

• 72 Kan. 492
• 84 P. 130
• 1905 Kan. LEXIS 381

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Constitutional Law — Elections■ — ■Property Qualifications — Drainage Districts. The provision of the Kansas bill of rights that no property qualification shall be required for any office of public trust or for any vote at any election applies only to those offices and elections contemplated by the constitution, and does not prevent the legislature from authorizing the creation of drainage districts, the powers of which are to be exercised by directors who are required to be freeholders elected by the resident taxpayers.</p>