Fort Howard Paper Co. v. Town Board

In seeking a reversal of the judgment, appellant first raises the question of the constitutionality of secs. 60.30 to 60.309, Stats. It is urged by appellant that those statutes constitute an unconstitutional delegation of legislative • power by creating opportunity for a district to “benefit to the extent it evaded the constitutional debt limitation” of sec. 3, art. XI of the Wisconsin constitution, which limits the indebtedness of any municipal corporation to five per cent of the value of its taxable property. Using as a precedent the case of Fort Howard Paper Co. v. Fox River Heights…