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This charge the Court refused , and instructed them that the sheriff had no right to
give the casting vote in an election for sheriff , and that if there was a tie between
the candidates , there was no election . The relator offered to prove that there ...
This charge the Court refused , and instructed them that the sheriff had no right to
give the casting vote in an election for sheriff , and that if there was a tie between
the candidates , there was no election . The relator offered to prove that there ...
Page 237
such vacancies by the people , it is necessary that the du - JULY 1829 . ties of the
office shall be discharged in the mean time . The convention thought it wiser that
the election by the The State people should be postponed until the next general ...
such vacancies by the people , it is necessary that the du - JULY 1829 . ties of the
office shall be discharged in the mean time . The convention thought it wiser that
the election by the The State people should be postponed until the next general ...
Page 241
... which recognizes it ; for as to the provision in the 7th section of the schedule to
the constitution , all agree that it was only intended to provide for the first election
under the constitution , and this object being effected , it became a dead letter .
... which recognizes it ; for as to the provision in the 7th section of the schedule to
the constitution , all agree that it was only intended to provide for the first election
under the constitution , and this object being effected , it became a dead letter .
Page 242
Does this provision , for deciding in the event of a tie , form a part of the “ manner
of conducting the election ? ” If it does , then the relator was duly elected ; if it
does not , he was not . There is certainly a great distinction between the manner
of ...
Does this provision , for deciding in the event of a tie , form a part of the “ manner
of conducting the election ? ” If it does , then the relator was duly elected ; if it
does not , he was not . There is certainly a great distinction between the manner
of ...
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State have given the same right in the election of all The State county officers in
which the sherif is the returning officer . The fact that a different regulation exists
in the election for Governor , can furnish no argument against the right in the
other ...
State have given the same right in the election of all The State county officers in
which the sherif is the returning officer . The fact that a different regulation exists
in the election for Governor , can furnish no argument against the right in the
other ...
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| Title | Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Alabama, Volume 2 |
| Authors | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart |
| Publisher | D. Ferguson, printer, 1832 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 2 Aug 2007 |
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