Black v. Commissioners

Eueches, G. J.

Tbe Commissioners of Buncombe County having managed tbeir financial matters so that tbe county indebtedness for current necessary expenses of the county on tbe 1st day of January, 1901, was $59,037.13, and tbe court-bousé not being suited to tbe wishes of tbe people and tbe business of tbe county, they wished to dispose of tbe old court-house and build a new one j and having taxed tbe people and property as high as they could, under tbe constitutional restriction, the Legislature, on tbe 11th March, 1901, passed and ratified an,act (Acts 1901, Chap. 598) intended to enable tbe…