Stanley v. Mayor of Baltimore

By chapter 373 of the Acts of 1920 the General Assembly of Maryland authorized the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to issue its stock to an .amount not exceeding twenty-six million dollars for various municipal activities, the submission of an ordinance for that purpose to' the legal voters of Baltimore City, and the enactment of an ordinance for the expenditure of the proceeds oí the sale of stock by a special commission,

The special commission was first created, and then, pursuant to the terms of the act the ordinance was passed, submitted to the voters', and approved by a majority. The…