d'Espard v. Mayor & Council of Essex Fells

The conceded facts are that under the provisions of chapter 123 of the laws of 1910, being amendatory to the General Borough act, the borough of Essex Fells undertook by resolution of its governing body to call an election *182for the purpose of obtaining an expression of the popular •will of the inhabitants, as to-the expediency of issuing bonds of the borough for the purchase of a site for, and the erection thereon, of a borough hall for general official purposes. The resolution provided that the issue of bonds should be limited to $10,000 payable in thirty years, bearing interest at five per…