Ex parte Common Council

delivered the opinión of the Court, to the following effect. The act under which the Common Council made this order, so far as form is concerned, has beent strictly Complied With ; and the only question submitted to us relates to their power. This law gives, in terms, full authority to do precisely what they have done ; to order the levying of these monies by the board of supervisors. Then have the latter any discretion, whether they- shall comply with the- order? The provision as to raising money for the support of the poor is couched in very positive language. It is, that the Common Council…