Bond v. Mayor of Baltimore

Boyd, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Mayor and City Council of Baltimore was authorized by Chapter 105 of the Acts of 1908, to issue the stock of the corporation, to an amount not exceeding one million dollars, to make extensions to the underground conduits and their appurtenances, provided an ordinance for that purpose was first submitted to the legal voters of the city and approved by a majority of the votes cast. An ordinance was passed which was so submitted and approved at an election held on November 3rd, 1908. Thereafter the Commissioners of Finance sold $250,000 of the…