CARPENTER v. BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT

No. 4-9505.

236 S.W.2d 582 (1951)

CARPENTER v. BOARD OF APPORTIONMENT, etc.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 19, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Diles and Clayton Freeman, Little Rock, for appellant.

Ike Murry, Atty. Gen., Cleveland Holland, Asst. Atty. Gen, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Respondents are the Board of Apportionment created by Amendment No. 23 to the Constitution, Sec. 1. The question is whether, under Sec. 4 of the Amendment, a reapportionment should have been made on or before February 1. Section 5 authorizes mandamus where the Board has failed to perform its duties. The response was to a petition by Carpenter in which it was alleged that the Federal census had been completed and that the Board had failed to act.

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