Storm v. Town of Wrightsville Beach

Are the purposes for which the town of Wrightsville Beach desires to issue $60,000 in bonds “necessary expenses” within the meaning of section 7 of Art. VII, of the Constitution of North Carolina? We think they are, and “a vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein” is not necessary.

The constitutional provision is as follows: “No county, city, town, or other municipal corporation shall contract any debt, pledge its faith or loan its credit, nor shall any tax be levied or collected by any officers of the same except for the necessary expenses thereof, unless by a vote of the majority…