People v. Acton
New York Supreme Court
11HIS was a case agreed upon without action, submitted for . • the -purpose of obtaining a decision as to the validity of a certain section incorporated into the tax law at the last session of the legislature, which the plaintiffs claim to be unconstitutional- and void-, and ask that the- defendants1 - be restrained from executing any of the powers; duties and privileges ’ conferred "thereby. ; The act is entitled “An act to enable the board of supervisors of the county of…
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11HIS was a case agreed upon without action, submitted for . • the -purpose of obtaining a decision as to the validity of a certain section incorporated into the tax law at the last session of the legislature, which the plaintiffs claim to be unconstitutional- and void-, and ask that the- defendants1 - be restrained from executing any of the powers; duties and privileges ’ conferred "thereby. ; The act is entitled “An act to enable the board of supervisors of the county of Hew York to raise money by tax for certain county purposes, to extend the powers of the Metropolitan Police, and to…
1Opinion of the CourtIngraham, J.
The powers and duties which by this act are taken from the. municipal authorities and are entrusted to the defendants,-have been exercised■ by these authorities alone since there was any authority for the execution of-them by any public body. The power to license in many of those cases was given to the mayor by the 24th section of the Mont*526gomery charter, and as to the others' similar powers have been confirmed or conferred by statute down to the passage of this act. It is not material for the purposes of this case to inquire particularly when or by what means these powers have been conferred.…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- The People v. . Simeon DraperNew York Court of Appeals · 1857
- People Ex Rel. McConvill v. HillsNew York Court of Appeals · 1866
- The People v. . PinckneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
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- People v. TapperNew York County Court, Kings County · 1939
- Gilfoyle v. CahillAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1896
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