Mayor of Cartersville v. Baker
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Education Schools, Constitutional Law. Before Judge Fain. Bartow Superior Court. July Term 1884. Thomas H. Baker filed his bill against the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Cartersville, alleging, in brief, as follows: The defendants have passed a resolution appropriating $1,500.00 to build a school-house in the corporate limits of the city, and are proceeding to make contracts and expend that amount for such purpose, having contracted for brick and…
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Municipal Corporations. Education Schools, Constitutional Law. Before Judge Fain. Bartow Superior Court. July Term 1884. Thomas H. Baker filed his bill against the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Cartersville, alleging, in brief, as follows: The defendants have passed a resolution appropriating $1,500.00 to build a school-house in the corporate limits of the city, and are proceeding to make contracts and expend that amount for such purpose, having contracted for brick and having employed an architect. The lot on which this building is to be erected is a large, open lot, and was given to…
1Opinion of the Court
Blandford, Justice.
The question presented in this case is, whether the city of Cartersville c.an erect a school-house on a lot belonging to the city, and which was dedicated to the city for school purposes, out of the funds of the city in the treasury.
Unless there is something in the charter of the city which forbids the building of school-houses, then, we think, without express authority, the city might build a schoolhouse; that this is within the scope of the general power of a municipal corporation. 5 Ga., 561; 52 Id., 211. The constitution of 1877 does not prohibit the expenditure…
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