California Supreme Court July 1, 1879, No. 6820 (Tillson v. Ford)

By the Court :

The eighth section of the Act of April 2nd, 1866, (Acts 1865-6, p. 719) has no bearing upon the present controversy. That Act is entitled “ An Act to change the time for holding municipal elections in the City and County of San Francisco, and to define the official terms of certain officers therein mentioned,” and, after providing for the objects specified in its title, declares,