Downen v. McLaughlin

This case is similar in some respects to those of Freeman v. Jones, ante p. 815, and Snodgrass v. Pocahontas, ante p. 819, this day decided. The city of Hot Springs proposes to issue 4 per cent, bonds to the amount of $175,000 to enlarge certain parts of the main sewers built by improvement districts in 18-84 on Central and Park avenues, and which have been rebuilt twice since by the city with its own funds; to construct two sewage disposal plants outside the city; and to extend the main sewers to the disposal plants. Authority so to do is claimed under Amendment No. 13 to the Constitution.…