State Ex Rel. City of Carthage v. Hackmann
Supreme Court of Missouri
Mandamus. (1) Tile proper assessment to' be used as a basis of determining the city’s debt limit is that based upon the ownership as of June 1, 1917, and not that as of June 1, 1916, as contended by the respondent. The record shows that the 1918 assessment of Jasper County property was practically completed and certified to the county clerk prior to September 16, 1919, the date of the special bond election, although the State Board of Equalization had not actually adjourned.
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Mandamus. (1) Tile proper assessment to' be used as a basis of determining the city’s debt limit is that based upon the ownership as of June 1, 1917, and not that as of June 1, 1916, as contended by the respondent. The record shows that the 1918 assessment of Jasper County property was practically completed and certified to the county clerk prior to September 16, 1919, the date of the special bond election, although the State Board of Equalization had not actually adjourned. In fact the State Board did not finally adjourn until February 19, 1920. (2) In calculating its debt limit, the City of…
1Opinion of the CourtDavid E. Blair, J.
On 'January 11, 1921, the City of Carthage as relator filed its petition for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent as Auditor of the State of Missouri to register bonds in the sum of $150,000, authorized by the relator at a special election held September 16, 1919, for the purpose of paying a portion of the cost of paving in said city, as provided for by Laws of 1919 at pages 569 to 572 inclusive.
The regularity of the proceedings of said city in said election and the subsequent proceedings before the city council and the authority of such city to issue bonds of this character are not…
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