City of East St. Louis v. Davis

On June 24, 1907, the board of local improvements of the city of East St. Louis presented to the city council an ordinance for the formation of a sewer drainage district and the construction therein of a sewer system and pumping station, together with a recommendation for the improvement and an estimate of the cost thereof. On the same date, at a meeting of the city council, the ordinance, estimate and recommendation were concurred in, referred to the committee on ordinances and ordered published. They were published in the Republican News on June 27, 1907, and on July 8, 1907, the ordinance…