City of Lansing v. Board of State Auditors
Michigan Supreme Court
Mandamus by the city of Lansing to compel the board of state auditors to allow a claim against the State for affording fire and police protection to its property. In 1893 the legislature passed a local act entitled: “An act to reincorporate the city of Lansing, in the county of Ingham, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.”
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Mandamus by the city of Lansing to compel the board of state auditors to allow a claim against the State for affording fire and police protection to its property. In 1893 the legislature passed a local act entitled: “An act to reincorporate the city of Lansing, in the county of Ingham, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith.” This act will be found in the Local Acts of 1893, extending from page 1230 to page 1306. Section 14, tit. 10, p. 1270, reads as follows: “ The council shall afford all fire and police protection to property owned by the State, and bestow such care…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
{after stating the facts). Four objections are raised by the attorney general to this claim:
1. That this provision of the city charter is in violation of section 20, art. 4, of the Constitution, in that no such object is expressed in its title.
2. That the general tax law of the State was passed subsequently to this charter, which act exempts all state property from taxation, and therefore repealed this provision of the charter.
3. That the act reincorporating the city of Lansing was not constitutionally enacted, because it was not read three times in each house of the legislature before its…
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