Owens v. . Wake County

Tbe two orders set forth in the statement of facts were made pursuant to certain provisions of the County Einance Act. Public Laws 1927, ch. 81. The first purports to authorize county bonds in the amount of $400,000 to be used for the purpose of building schoolhouses in the county; and the second, to authorize county bonds in the amount of $30,000 to be applied in the construction of highways, culverts, and bridges. The question of contracting these debts has never been submitted to the qualified voters of the county. Constitution, Art. VII, sec. 7.

In 1925 the General Assembly passed an act…