Purser v. Ledbetter

Article Nil, section 7, of the Constitution reads as follows :

“That n.o_ county, city, town or other municipal corporation .shall contract any debt, or 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 expense thereof unless by vote of the majority of the qualified voters therein.”

*4The foregoing is one of tbe three sections of this Article which is excepted from the power of the General Assembly to alter. Whatever enthusiasms may be engendered or fostered in the name of progress, they can be indulged only within…