People Ex Rel. Yawger v. . Allen

Section 2 of chapter 314, Laws of 1869, makes the consent of the majority of the tax-payers of the town (Springport) owning more than one-half of the taxable property of the town assessed, and appearing upon the assessment roll of the year 1868, proved and acknowledged as therein required, and the making of an affidavit by the assessors of the town or a majority of them, to the effect that a majority of such tax-payers, owning a majority of the taxable property, had consented, in accordauce with the requirement of said section, conditions precedent to the issuing of the bonds of the town…