Mayor &C. of Milledgeville v. Green

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

It is error to construe section 24 of the charter of the City of Milledgeville (Ga. L. 1900, pp. 345, 351) as providing the only source of revenue from which the city can obtain funds for any purpose, and we think herein lies the error of the Court of Appeals. That section in part says: “that for the purpose of raising revenues to defray the ordinary, current expenses incident to the proper support and maintenance of the city government, the said mayor and aldermen shall have full power and authority to levy and collect an ad valorem tax upon all property, both real…