Devaughn v. Booten
Supreme Court of Georgia
Injunction. Before Judge Littlejohn. Macon superior court. July 3, 1916. The board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Macon County adopted a resolution providing, in substance, that such amount of the county funds as might be needed, up to the sum of five thousand dollars, be voted and appropriated out of the county treasury, to be expended in combating a movement to have created, by constitutional amendment, a new county in the State to be known as Peach County, the…
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Injunction. Before Judge Littlejohn. Macon superior court. July 3, 1916. The board of commissioners of roads and revenues of Macon County adopted a resolution providing, in substance, that such amount of the county funds as might be needed, up to the sum of five thousand dollars, be voted and appropriated out of the county treasury, to be expended in combating a movement to have created, by constitutional amendment, a new county in the State to be known as Peach County, the creation of which contemplated the cutting oif of valuable territory now embraced in Macon County; and to prosecute an…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
(After stating the facts.) Under the constitutional limitations prescribed in the Civil Code, § 6562, the only purposes for which a county of this State may lawfully levy and collect taxes are: “for educational purposes; to build and repair public buildings and bridges; to maintain and support prisoners; to pay jurors and coroners, and for litigation, quarantine, roads, and expenses of courts; to support paupers, and pay debts heretofore existing; to pay the county police, and to provide for necessary sanitation.” Where it is proposed by the county authorities to levy and collect taxes for…
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