Legal Opinion
City of Little Rock v. Prather
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 15, 1885PublishedCited by 11 opinions
APPEAL from Pulaski Chancery Court. Hon. J. W. Butler, Special Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT.
Hon. J. "W. Butler, Sp. J.
The act of the general assembly of the state of Arkansas, for “ the better government of the cities of the first-class, and to confer additional powers on such cities, and to provide in what manner •changes may be made in the number of aldermen and wards of such cities,” approved March 21, 1885, provides, in the fifth subdivision of section 3 of the act, as follows :
“The city council of any such city shall also have power to pass, by a two-thirds vote of all the members elected thereto, an ordinance requiring that any person or persons, ■company or…
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