Board of Directors v. Houston

The principal point argued is, whether the law under which the assessment was made is not unconstitutional and void, as being in conflict with the 5th section of the 9th article of the constitution of 1848.

By the 1st section of the act of 1865, certain persons named and their successors were appointed a board of directors to locate and superintend the construction of a levee on the Wabash river, as may be advisable, and within the townships therein to be mentioned, with full power and authority to construct such levee, to adopt such measures and do everything that may be necessary to make the…