Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1903 — Against Town Clerks. [ARTICLE]

Against Town Clerks.

Judge Neal, of Noblesville, has decided that the law of 1901, giving town clerks the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, is unconstitutional. He said he did not think that such judicial power was within the title of the act and that such authority could not be conferred on town clerks in the manner laid down in the law.

The ruling was in the case of the State against Biddle, appealed from Town Clerk McMath, of Sheridan. The defendant was fined for disturbing a religious meeting and Judge Neal reversed the ruling.