State ex rel. City of Bethany v. Allen
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. The bonds were issued under section 5968, Revised Statutes 1899, which authorizes cities of the fourth class to issue bonds for the erection of a city hall and other public buildings and-for furnishing the same, and for the construction of waterworks, electric light plants, etc. In this section there is not a disjunctive.
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Mandamus. The bonds were issued under section 5968, Revised Statutes 1899, which authorizes cities of the fourth class to issue bonds for the erection of a city hall and other public buildings and-for furnishing the same, and for the construction of waterworks, electric light plants, etc. In this section there is not a disjunctive. The evident intent of the Legislature was to authorize cities of the fourth class to issue bonds for general improvements and not to require them to submit each item of such improvement to a separate vote.
1Opinion of the CourtBrace, C. J.
— This is a proceeding by mandamus to require the respondent, as State Auditor, to register twenty-four bonds, each of the face value of five hundred dollars, issued by the relator, a city of the fourth class, under and in pursuance of ordinances duly enacted and a special election held for that purpose.
The proposition voted on at said election was “for said city to become indebted in the sum of twelve thous- and dollars in excess of its annual revenue, for the following purposes, to-wit; Forty-five hundred dollars to be used for the purpose of purchasing a site and the erection and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Town of Canton v. AllenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1903
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