Waterman v. Mayor of Oneida

In this action plaintiffs seek a judgment (1) declaring a water assessment to be an invalid tax on the Oneida Indian Reservation, (2) requesting the City of Oneida be enjoined from shutting off the water to the reservation for nonpayment of the water -assessment, and (3) declaring the water main to he on reservation property.

In 1964 the City of Oneida issued municipal bonds to pay for an addition to its water -system which it extended to a section of the city generally known as the West Road. To help amortize the bonds the city levied a $48 annual assessment on each parcel of land adjoining…