State Ex Rel. Diehl v. Abele

The principal question raised by the record involves the problem of the right to referendum upon Ordinance No. 893, the second bond issue ordinance, under Sections 4, 5, 8, and 12, Article XVIII, of the Ohio Constitution. These sections, in their material portions, read as follows:

Section 4: “Any municipality may acquire, construct, own, lease and operate within or without its corporate limits, any public utility the product or service of which is or is to be supplied to the municipality or its inhabitants, and may contract with others for any such product or service. * * * ”

Section 5: “Any…