Miller v. City of Cornelia

Jenkins, Justice.

A municipal corporation is without authority, not only to contract or incur a liability, but to donate its money or property, unless authorized by its charter or some general law of the State. Such a power is not conferred by a general-welfare provision in the charter. Barrett v. Atlanta, 145 Ga. 678 (89 S. E. 781); Tedder v. Walker, 145 Ga. 768, 771 (89 S. E. 840); City of Fitzgerald v. Witchard, 130 Ga. 552, 554 (61 S. E. 227, 16 L. R. A. 519).

Under the act of 1926 (Ga. L. Ex. Sess. 1926, p. 40; Code, §§ 32-1201 to 32-1203, inclusive), a municipality operating a school…