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Page 21 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers, and no others : First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted ; third, those essential to the accomplishment of the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable.
Page 22 - Of every municipal corporation the charter or statute by which it is created is its organic act. Neither the corporation nor its officers can do any act, or make any contract, or incur any liability, not authorized thereby, or by some legislative act applicable thereto. All acts beyond the scope of the powers granted are void.
Page 21 - First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any fair, reasonable doubt concerning the existence of power is resolved by the courts against the corporation, and the power is denied.
Page 34 - For the constitution, regulation, government, and jurisdiction of police courts, and for the manner in which, the times at which, and the terms for which the judges of such courts shall be elected or appointed, and for the qualifications and compensation of said judges and of their clerks and attaches...
Page 72 - ... mills on every dollar of assessed valuation of the real and personal estate in The City of New York, liable to taxation, inclusive of so much of the state school moneys apportioned by the superintendent of public instruction for the payment of teachers...
Page 61 - Every resolution involving an expenditure of money or the approval of a contract for the payment of money, or for the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property, or levying any tax, or for the change or adoption of any textbook, shall, before it takes effect, be presented, duly certified by the clerk, to the school director for approval.
Page 14 - No bill shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title" and because the Act does not comply with those provisions.
Page 107 - The board of education shall administer all moneys appropriated or available for educational purposes in the city, subject to the provisions of law relating to the audit and payment of salaries and other claims by the department of finance.
Page 58 - Trustees shall appoint as treasurer the person or corporation who offers satisfactory bond as herein provided and the best bid of interest on average daily balances for the privilege of acting as such treasurer.
Page 21 - ... city corporations are emanations of the supreme lawmaking power of the state, and they are established for the more convenient government of the people within their limits.