McClure v. City of Natchez

On September 11, 1923, the mayor and board of aider-men of the city of Natchez, appellees here, desiring to amend its charter to the end that bonds might be issued for the purpose of purchasing a ferryboat and equipment in order to operate a ferryboat across the Mississippi river from Natchez, Miss., to Yidalia, La., passed the proposed amendment, though not setting out the proposed amendment in h<sc verba, and the only reference to which on the minutes of the mayor and the board of aldermen is in these words:

“In the matter of the ferry service across the Mississippi river, between the city…