Thompson v. Mayo
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Poinsett Circuit Court; Benj. Harris, Special Judge; 1. Under Act 217, Acts 1917, the quorum court is vested with exclusive jurisdiction to make appropriations for all county purposes and can not make an appropriation which exceeds ninety per cent, of the taxes levied in any one year. The $100,000 appropriation is, therefore, excessive and void.
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Appeal from Poinsett Circuit Court; Benj. Harris, Special Judge; 1. Under Act 217, Acts 1917, the quorum court is vested with exclusive jurisdiction to make appropriations for all county purposes and can not make an appropriation which exceeds ninety per cent, of the taxes levied in any one year. The $100,000 appropriation is, therefore, excessive and void. Act 217, Acts 1917; Kirby’s Dig. § 1494, as amended by Acts 1911, p. 188; Kirby’s Dig. § § 1510-11-12, 1502. 2. Sections 1510 and 1511, Kirby’s Digest, are repealed by Act 217. 63 Ark. 397; 68 Id. 340; 73 Id. 523; 91 Id. 11. 3. Kirby’s…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphbeys, J.
On July 2, 1917, pursuant to call, the quorum court of Poinsett County met at Harrisburg, the county seat of said county, and in regular session appropriated $100,000 for the purpose of rebuilding and furnishing the courthouse at Harrisburg, Poinsett County, Arkansas, and made a levy upon all the taxable property in Poinsett County for said purpose in accordanee with law. Appellants, citizens of said county, were made parties to the proceeding and prosecuted an appeal from said order to the circuit court of said county.
Upon hearing in the circuit court, the judgment of the quorum or levying…
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