City Council of Augusta v. Thomas

Beck, P. J., arid Gilbert, J.,

dissenting. It is well established that powers which a city government may lawfully exercise must be derived from its charter or the general laws of the State. They can exercise no powers except those which are expressly conferred upon them by the State, or such as are necessary to the exercise of their corporate powers, the performance of their corporate duties and the performance of the purposes for which they are created. See 9 Mich. Enc. Dig. 490, for collection of authorities. It is also well established in this State that grants of power to a municipality…