, 1876-06-06
lAA lY4AA 4 " AO42- IL l. -
The Judges of the Circuit Court
Pronounce Their Verdict.
ills Decided that 1loyne Was Not
Elected Mayor.
That Colvin's Term Expired in
April, 1876,
And that the Council Should
Have Called an Elec-
ton.
Judges Rogers and Williams Hold
that Co1vin Is Still in,
And Booth and Farwcll that fIoyne
Was Elected.
What Hayes and tho Others Have to Bay
About It.
Judges Rogers and Williams Hold
that Colvin Is Still in,
And Booth and Farvcll that Hoyne
Was Elected.
What Hayes and tho Others Have to Bay
About It.
THE OPINION.

,,,pourvr ,o,,xsr 1royup
rhs acc;.Inn NJ thc 1,Ircu,t fonrt In Tim cotyTn
11o,r, mn wo,r,uto cnxc ,rn. ycn0crc, ycstcrdny
~. II br,cf ,hat 1roync vos mt elected Mnyor
.rL bn. M r,rht n ho,d the nO,rc. Tint colyIn't
,a,m .xn,,rd IN the rdnnt,on ~ t,c ncw c)arer:
and thni t,,c counc1 .hnuId hnvc called IN olccton
for Mayo., Until suc,, election Ia called and some
ono chosen, Colyln remains In office,
It Ia crcdiby runored that on Tho frat point Of
tho op!niun Judge McAliIstcr, who delivered the
op,nlon Of tho Court, Ii sustained by Ja}gcs }ooth
snI Far,ro1i IN bol5ro TINT thc ndontlnr NJ i'm
n"w eha,sor Anr,l ~ is75. ex,inputahed the for.
hc" enas"' Air" 70 to'o, .Asus'"s4 w.. ~. w.
nc. law emo WIN ~ sac Lesa' ~ o'es ~. ~,
1aw: nM': and m That that i ,l.e Mayor continued only
a. othorxoa to norform the duties of the ofYco ad
charter vacancy o.is,ed in tho oalee On ills
oa seo tcs n, e1teeaed u
nou o7 .."s sao r,s.o. w ,oaors sI vt,i
ls77. on tho otef po'hs, uuges lsoeeta anu WI.
inns ngrco with Judge 1IcAllIstcr, that II there
was n vacancy, as determined by the majority Of
tho Court. It coud onlv bo allied at rons IN, cleo.
INV .Uus ",octn r cn.1 ,,I ,s t,t1 cnnn~, mr.
sunnt to the char'eF md tint no call WIS n'ae BY
1"arc, u % 1Ioat % aid T Farweli hold the election I IN
ss3 - =" n.aJ % na,,.t,,sto.Jnr I'm .,atuto w.
1no 10 pe soou' no1w"nn.n"uns ste s.'tu.t ~
4uiEng tho general election Tor Mayor to be In
April, 1871 and eyory two years thereafter.
In th!s way three Judges agree on half .hc judy
ment anu thfeo On the otncs 1a'l' .he 'e'u. oeihs
adcclson TINT neither colsin nor lioyne u Mayor.
but that Colvln Bs power 10 exercise the dutics Of
Tho onre tjll .o,no onc IA elpctcd pursnnt ia cn1
so,ao W ans at,,sr "S Srar oT Al oad n,n,hc,,
''"' o'"ef Srr, Tmr - n.non1Tr az vuq "a n1.,s,ou
which Ii written by Judge McAlstcr Ii a. follows:
Thls IA aprocecdlnHb Information in nature q quo
it lis hitler VIII huvin ns'urped aad intsuded hs
'sf Into the esa u Mayot Of H. c1y Of Chicago
H i,'ys arc unnecessarily voiahinous, and wc sall
arc u Je% a,id jsce tsaIn eoriication At regular
cection ' nndcr tur1ner chartc7 OF lie civ llsId
Mov TO- = tn: % r, ae v to wv xsas franz H.
~ fieernhrr nf that yeur, ind until iir succetyor
s!sstss sna assS II w. III i { ia I'd
tio2n un,cr general law Of Tho stato which went
t, iulo % force jay j. 1879. Dy Sec. . Of tint aes
itv ~ IT,, vntss rast ut xuch oicctIon shall
IN for rItv nrrnn2ation updcr lie general Inv su eli
Su sa,, 70 thsn BE- ognaSa X
elali, thcrcfote. exercise tic powers conferred
upon like otitcers III This act until their SUCCESSORS
ny counse! ior raiatns IN argunsent at BY force o
that provision OF the act nn1 others prescribing tho
rcator WHO hcid thc Office Ut tle time Of ihe ieor-
Eunizatlom in May, 1875, hus conferred upon him
ioEm which wlt 10. expire nn!! ls77. @ Il this po-
s't,on 10 Me .aSvM a IL 1"a1iv ocfn ~ tn,M
ihet no Mayot co. Goaa ~ .caly eSG,ea ~ ~ n'
ls7o without te previous teIsaaom aa ot f0's'or
1I Mh,cm !hesc IN w ptSsssI ,, -. ~ mr.
1Fla Tun oFINaoa os 4AH A~*o1'4fA oF A4a
COURT.
INCLUDING hs writer OF shs om9, d inat nat po
sdsrntlon OF al the provisions Of tas statutc. of
ihu vote to reorganIze under that act, ipso facto
MpSd ous ts gr q a. Mayp5 ethaus tue sS1 @ y,
torn Of Office under the act of lS7. u IN duration
tho samc under the Charter OF lfU} yct re com
time. By the old charter tho term begiMs on the
1yt day Of UccoTber, wlefeas, bY Sec. 4a8 OF ttle
law OF lS72, 1t ID prcscEt9cd that: "a general
election for city officers shall be tnlu on thu thir
Tuesday Of April Of cach year" aud BY see. ~
biennial thereafter Mayor shai b. elected In each
city" These pruylsons hEe clearly illeonhtstehl
With tho uct Of 1858, and by tho expressed decara-
tons Of Sec Of tho nc. Of ~. arc, BY Tbs latter
uther provision tending 10 show a contrary intcn
ton. Tho ollco OF Mayor !s not constitutional
Office; it In like all other Offices Of municipality,
TIE CREATURE or THE STATUTE,