Johnson v. Thomason

Legge, Justice.

Act No. 462 of the 1959 Acts of the General Assembly (LI Stat. at L. 1074, Act May 18, 1959) purports to authorize the issuance by Laurens County of general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars and requires that the proceeds of their sale be used for making permanent improvements to county roads, the county jail, and the courthouse. Plaintiff in this action seeks a judgment declaring it unconstitutional because it makes no provision for the holding of an election, which he contends is required by the 1921 amendment of Article X, Section 5 of…