Legal Opinion
Southern Boulevard R. Co. v. City of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 30, 1936No. 78PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant is a street railway company, with a franchise to operate in the City of New York, requiring it to make annual payments of 5 per cent, of its gross receipts to the city and limiting it to a 5-cent fare. An additional franchise tax of one-half of 1 per cent, is paid annually to the State.
The New York Legislature by an enabling act authorized any city of one million inhabitants or more to enact local laws for the relief of unemployment (chapter 873 of .the Laws of 1934, amended by chapter 601 of the Laws of 1935). Revenues thus collected are to be kept separately…
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