Mayor of Rome v. McWilliams
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Tax. Before Judge UNDERWOOD. Floyd County. At Chambers. June 28th, 1881.' Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Speer, Justice.
The plaintiff in error, by its tax ordinance of 1881, levied three-fourths of one per cent, to pay interest on the bonds issued under the compromise act of 1876, To this levy complainants made no objection.
By the second' section of the ordinance there was levied a tax of three-eights of one per cent, on all the taxable property of the city for current expenses for 1881, and for providing funds for the erection of a suitable building for police headquarters, council chamber, court-room, clerk’s office, town-hall, and Mountain City engine house.
The defendants in error filed their…
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