Hill v. Selectmen of Easthampton

This is a petition under the Pub. Sts. c. 27, § 129, to restrain the town of Easthampton from the payment of money voted by the town to defray the expenses of celebrating, in the year 1885, the one hundredth anniversary of its incorporation. The Pub. Sts. c. 27, § 11, authorize any town to appropriate money “for the purpose of celebrating any centennial anniversary of its incorporation.” By the St. of 1785, c. 7, Easthampton was incorporated into a district, “ with all the powers, privileges, and immunities, that districts in this Commonwealth are entitled to, or do or may enjoy, according to…