People ex rel. Board of Commissioners for the Erection of a New Courthouse v. Board of Supervisors
New York Supreme Court
Order to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not be issued out of this court: on behalf' of the relators above named, requiring and directing the board of supervisors of Oneida county to borrow upon the faith and credit of said county such a sum of money as shall be sufficient to meet and pay all the expenditures, which the said board of commissioners is authorized to make, pursuant. to chapter 89 of the Laws of 1901, and to issue the bonds of said county…
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Order to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not be issued out of this court: on behalf' of the relators above named, requiring and directing the board of supervisors of Oneida county to borrow upon the faith and credit of said county such a sum of money as shall be sufficient to meet and pay all the expenditures, which the said board of commissioners is authorized to make, pursuant. to chapter 89 of the Laws of 1901, and to issue the bonds of said county therefor in the sum of $350,000, as required by the provisions of said act, and by resolution of the board of commissioners…
1Opinion of the Court
Andrews, W. S., J.
Chapter 89 of the Laws of 1901 took, effect on March twelfth of that year. It constituted certain residents of Oneida county a board of commissioners to acquire a site and furnish a new courthouse in the city of Utica, for the use of the county, and to.sell the present courthouse and site' and the present county clerk’s office and site in Utica, and conferred upon them the power to acquire the land necessary for the purpose by purchase or by condemnation proceedings. " It then regulated the organization and proceedings of the board and directed that it should “ cause to be…
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