Kaminski v. Higgins

This action for declaratory judgment questions the constitutionality of an Act of the General Assembly approved May 22, 1970, authorizing the City of Georgetown to issue $300,000.00 in general obligation bonds for the construction of a combination police station and fire house. The Act undertakes to authorize the issuance of these bonds without the election required by Article VIII, Section 7 of the Constitution of South Carolina, by requiring the pledge of “revenues to be derived from business licenses to the extent reasonably sufficient to pay such obligations without resorting to the levy…