Friedlander Bros. v. City of Moultrie

(After stating the foregoing facts.) The assessment was made in pursuance of section 32 of the act approved Nov. 20, 1901 (Act 1901, p. 591), entitled “An act to create a new charter for the City of Moultrie,” etc. That section reads in part as follows: “Be it further enacted, that said mayor and aldermen shall, at the first meeting after the close of the tax books in the year 1902, elect three (3) intelligent, upright, discreet citizens of said city, as city tax-assessors, one of which shall be elected for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of three years. .…