A TREATISE

ON THE

LAW OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS

VOLUME FOUR

ON THE LAW OF

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

BY

JOHN F. DILLON, LL.D.,

AUTHOR OF THE LAWS AND JURISPRUDENCE OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA"; PRESIDENT OF
THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, 1891-1892; FORMERLY CIRCUIT JUDGE OF THE

UNITED STATES FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT; CHIEF JUSTICE

OF THE SUPREME COURt of 10wa, AND PROFESSOR OF

LAW IN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

FIFTH EDITION,

THOROUGHLY REVISED AND ENLARGED.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

1911.