Hawley v. Fairbanks
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. Petition, for mandamus to a county clerk, to compel the assessment of a tax to pay judgments recovered upon municipal bonds issued to pay subscriptions to stock in a railroad corporation.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chief jusnc? Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
On the 5th of April, 1872, the to7vn of Amboy, Lee County, Illinois, issued a series of bonds in payment of a.subscription voted by the voters of the town to the capital stock- of the Chicago & Rock River' Railroad Company. Both the subscription and bonds were authorized by the charter of the railroad company, approved March 24th, 1869.
Sections 12 and 13 of this charter which alone need be considered, are as follows :
“ § 12. It shall be the duty of the clerk of any such city, town or township, in which a vote shall be given in favor of…
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