State ex rel. Police Commissioners v. County Court
Supreme Court of Missouri
Petition for Mandamus. I. It is objected by the respondent that the act of the Legislature, of tlie 5th of February, 1864, gives the Board of Police Commissioners an unlimited authority to make requisitions upon the county; that the whole revenue of the county is thus subjected to their control, and that this being true, the County Court can never know how to provide for the payment of these requisitions, nor what proportion of the county revenue to set apart for that…
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Petition for Mandamus. I. It is objected by the respondent that the act of the Legislature, of tlie 5th of February, 1864, gives the Board of Police Commissioners an unlimited authority to make requisitions upon the county; that the whole revenue of the county is thus subjected to their control, and that this being true, the County Court can never know how to provide for the payment of these requisitions, nor what proportion of the county revenue to set apart for that purpose, nor what taxes to levy. Whatever foree there may be in these objections, so far as the constitutionality of the law…
1Opinion of the CourtBates, Judge
The General Assembly, by an act approved March 27th, 1861, “ established within and for the city of St. Louis, a board of police, to be called the Police Commissioners of the city of St. Louis.”
This board was charged with the duties within the city of St. Louis, to preserve the public peace, prevent crime and arrest offenders; protect the rights of persons and property; guard the public health; preserve order at every public election and all public meetings and places, and on all public occasions; prevent and remove nuisances in all streets, highways, waters and other places; provide a proper…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Wells v. City of WestonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1856
- Hamilton v. St. Louis County CourtSupreme Court of Missouri · 1851
3Cited by54 opinions
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- Ex parte CorlissNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1907
- Arnett v. State, ex rel. DonohueIndiana Supreme Court · 1907
- County Court v. GriswoldSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
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