Hayden v. City of Atlanta
Supreme Court of Georgia
Municipal Corporations. Streets. Pavements. Constitutional Law. Taxes. Assessments. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court.
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Municipal Corporations. Streets. Pavements. Constitutional Law. Taxes. Assessments. Before Judge Hammond. Fulton Superior Court. October Term, 1883. In 1881, the charter of the city of Atlanta was amended by an act of the legislature which provided that the mayor and general council might grade, pave, macadamize, and otherwise improve for travel and drainage the streets, lanes and alleys of the city, and construct sidewalks and pave and’ curb the same, and put down cross-drains and crossings. The act authorized the mayor and council to assess one-third of the cost of these improvements on the…
1Opinion of the CourtBlandroed, Justice
The question in this case is as to the constitutionality of an act to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta approved September 3, 1881.
The first section of the act authorizes the mayor and general council of the city of Atlanta “ to grade, pave, macadamize and otherwise improve, for travel and drainage, the streets and public lanes and alleys of said city, and to construct sidewalks and pave the same, put down curbing, cross-drains, crossings, and otherwise improve the same.”
Section 2d provides “ That in order to fully carry into effect the authority above delegated, the mayor and general…
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