Greene v. . Mayor, Etc., of N.Y. City

By an act of the legislature passed March 29, 1871 (chap. 213 of Laws of 1871) the defendants, by the commissioner of public works, were authorized to expend in laying pipes to extend the distribution of Croton water through the city of New York, etc., a sum not exceeding $1,500,000, and the comptroller was directed to borrow upon the bonds of the defendants such amounts as, in the judgment of the commissioner of public works, might be necessary to execute such work, not exceeding the sum before mentioned.

In pursuance of this act the defendants, by the commissioner of public works, entered…