Taelman v. Bd. of Fin. of School City of South Bend

By an act of the Legislature of 1927 (Acts 1927, ch. 65, §1, p. 170, Burns Ann. St. 1933, §28-1437, Baldwin’s Ind. St. 1934, §10429), there was created the “board of finance of library building and ground fund” in cities having a population of not less than 70,000 nor more than 78,000. Ex officio, the president, secretary, and treasurer of the board of trustees of the school city made up the board. The act applied to the city of South Bend only. By that act, authority was given to levy and assess taxes 'for a fund known as the “general public library fund,” for use in the maintenance,…