Ex parte City of Newport

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Passing

Affirming.

By an ordinance, duly and regularly passed by the general council and approved by its mayor, tlie city of' Newport provided for the issue and sale of $100,000 worth of its bonds for street improvement purposes. Prior to the passage of this ordinance two-thirds of the voters voting at an election held for that purpose, in compliance with section 157 of the Constitution, voted in favor of the issue of these bonds. Thereafter a question arose as to the right of the city to issue that amount of bonds, the claim.being made that it would increase the…