Blades v. Board of Water Commissioners
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to Wayne; Carpenter, Lillibridge, Hosmer, .and Waite, JJ. Mandamus by Francis A. Blades, comptroller of the -city of Detroit, to compel the board of water commissioners of said city to turn over to him the books, papers, and property of the waterworks system, in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 408, Local Acts 1899. From an •order denying the writ, relator brings certiorari.
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Certiorari to Wayne; Carpenter, Lillibridge, Hosmer, .and Waite, JJ. Mandamus by Francis A. Blades, comptroller of the -city of Detroit, to compel the board of water commissioners of said city to turn over to him the books, papers, and property of the waterworks system, in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 408, Local Acts 1899. From an •order denying the writ, relator brings certiorari. In 1853 the legislature passed an act (Act No. 90, Laws 1853) entitled “ An act to amend the laws relative to supplying the city of Detroit with pure and wholesome water,” which act was approved…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, C. J.
(after stating the facts). The validity of the act of 1899 presents the sole question involved in this proceeding. Its validity is attacked upon numerous grounds. The only ones necessary to discuss and determine are involved in the following questions: (1) Is the object of the act expressed in its title, within section 20, art. 4, of the Constitution, that “no law shall embrace more than one object, which shall *377be expressed in its title?” (2) Is the scheme of taxation provided by the act valid ? (3) If not valid, can the act stand with this provision stricken out ?
1. The present board of…
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