Adcock v. Town of Fuquay Springs

The General Assembly may confer upon municipal corporations the power to create debts and issue bonds for necessary expenses without the approval of a majority of the qualified voters; but when it is provided by statute or ‘ordinance that a proposition to incur the indebtedness shall be submitted to the voters their approval is necessary to a valid issuance of the bonds. McKethan v. Comrs., 92 N. C., 243; Swinson v. Mount Olive, 147 N. C., 611; Comrs. v. Webb, 148 N. C., 120; Ellison v. Williamston, 152 N. C., 147. The cost of con structing water and sewer systems is one of tbe necessary…