The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1893-03-08
IT HAS BEEN PAID.
,,,rr 1STHE CITY ELECTION CASE
THE QsMEANT.
uor WIS Toe Late waE,l the Injune
The ! +,,a Treasurer Paid the Order
tlo mIa.od nv the CoEncil--Th@ssSupreme
Coartig Decision.


COartis Decision.
-.-o- afternoon it was learned that
,n,ame court had affirmed the de-
. ., Of Judge GueDry in the city cleo
Jon case. ~ .s r,oro
,., ,yual activity noticed among some
ft,a interested parties, and many were
'.oriacssons as TO what was up Time
o5 that the orderon TreasurerClark
r. 45o fe,s.of the attorneys who looked
5.,r 4bn interests of the Successful al
1 ,.r,,,opic candidates was at tie bottom
Of it.
u.vog Baldwfn was getting out an III
;nnotion for the purpose Of preventing
.ro navment of the order by the Ureas-
nor and the aldermen were looking
out for thsi side.
Rot the order was paid. Before Judge
cnorrv copA be found to sign the in
,orct,on the order was presented to the
,ro,snrer and he handed out $500 OF The
n;+r,s cash. Tie mayor learned what
bod boen done. and Treasurer Clark was
n.rar served with the order granting he
i Injunction.
The decision of the supreme court
r,obabIy settles the election case and
Aldermen Melton, Deubler and Hannah
will hold their seats in the council. Here
is the decision of the court:
Davis ct al. VS. city council of Dawson.
Elections. Municipal corporations.
Words and phrases. Practice. Quo
walranto. Injunction. Before Judge
Query, Terrell superior court.
81 twas not necessary under that
81 PROVISION Of the act of September 1881,
@ AMENDING the charter of Dawson, which
n declares that all male members of this
state residing in the city who are ell
titled to vote for members of the gen
eral assembly shall be entitled to vote at
elections for municipal officers, that one
otherwise qualified and offering to vote
should have registered with the tax re-
ceiyer Terrell county, which embraces
The city of Dawson, in the manner pre-
scribed by the act of September 20, 1887.
6der the principle announced in Kaig-
Ter VS. Roberts, 50 Georgia, 476 I'm pr, So,
Is S. Z, Rep 542, the local act for the
Eedstmti2n of voters in Terrell county
applies only t. elections for the officers
designated in the act, and does not APP
y to municipal elections in the city Of
Dawson That city having a system of
egisration for municipal elections,
mphanco with its provisions would be
eceSSaly to entitle one to vote in such
ectious, but it is not the purp Sc
met and separate systems Of reg
8raton operating upon the same
ectiDn. The word entitled" used in
le phrase entitled to vote for members
The general assembly" should be con
'ned as meaning "qu lifed;" and ac-
"mg to the ruling in Mayor and Conn
OF Madison VS. Wade ct al, IS Ga,
y registration adds no qualification
voters but only serves to identify
EN- as qualified to vote" 1t follows
81 The managers Of the election i'm
OpefIy rejected the ballots of the per-
Us ouIy registered for the city election
otherwise qualified to vote, simply
cause they had not registered in ac-
lance with the provisions of the act
mentioned.
any citizen and taxpayer of an IN
PoFated city has such an ''interest"
ne office of alderman as would enti-
alm to institute proceeding under
ion SOB Of the code against one as
Jung to hold that office and exercising
auctions, for the purpose of inquir-
p'' and determining his legal RICH
GU A defeated candidate also has
l'ereSt in the office, and while he
noV attack tie election on any
~" winch, if true, would make it
!! illegal and vnid, may. though not
Gaining the office, dipute the
,r W me election and proceed by quo
'.' To have it set aside and the of