Green v. Mayor of Milledgeville

Jordan, Judge.

The City of Milledgeville has no express statutory or charter authority to levy and assess compulsory fees or charges for the performance of governmental services such as the collection and disposal of garbage. The city contends, however, that its right to enact the ordinance under review is implied from that power expressly conferred upon it by section 21 of its charter (Ga. L. 1900, pp. 345, 350) to “take all necessary and proper means for keeping the corporate limits of said city free from garbage, trash and filth of all kinds.”

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