Babb v. El Dorado

The city of El Dorado, acting through its city council, is about to issue bonds, aggregating the sum of $150,000, to raise funds for the purpose of constructing a new city hall, and is also about to levy a special tax, ini addition to the five-mill tax authorized by the Constitution, in order to make payments of the bonds as they fall due. The city asserts the power to issue the bonds and levy the special tax under an amendment to the Constitution initiated by the people and voted on at the general election in the year 1918. The measure, according to the recitals of the caption, purports to…