Copyright, 1898,

BY JEREMIAH SMITH.

The Riverside Press

PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON & CO.

CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

U.S. A.

PREFACE.

THE selection of cases has been made with special reference to the wants of the class at the Harvard Law School, where the time allotted for class-room work upon the entire subject of Municipal Corporations does not usually exceed ten hours. Hence some important topics are omitted altogether, while others are not fully dealt with.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF SELECTED CASES

CHAPTER I.

LEGISLATIVE CONTROL OVER MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

SECTION I. Creation, Annexation, Division, and Abolition

SECTION II. Legislative Control over Municipal Property and

Expenditures in Cases other than Division, Annexa-

tion, or Abolition

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