Culp v. Commissioners of Chestertown

The proceedings in this caso are designed to test the constitutionality of chapter 359 of the Acts of 1927. The general scope of this act is to provide for the construction of roadways, sewers, and sidewalks in Chestertown, Kent County, to issue bonds for the payment of these improvements, and liquidate an existing indebtedness of the town. The appellants, citizens and taxpayers of Chestertown, attacked the legality of this legislation on several grounds. In our view of the case, it is only necessary to consider three of these contentions, namely, first, that section 7 of the act declares it…