State ex rel. Lynch v. Fairley

Citations

• 76 Wash. 332
• 136 P. 374
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1815

Syllabus

<p>Officers — Elective Officers — Recall Elections — Constitutional Provisions — Municipal Corporations — Charters. Since tbe amendment to tbe constitution of 1912, art. 1, §§ 33 and 34, and Laws 1913, p. 454 (3 Rem. & Bal. Code, § 4940-1 et seq.), enacted in pursuance thereof, relating to tbe recall of elective officers expressly refers to officers of cities of tbe first class and are general laws on tbe subject, they supersede tbe recall provisions of special charters adopted by cities of tbe first class; since such special charters are controlled by general laws.</p>