Commentaries on the Law of Municipal Corporations, Volume 1 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page v
... organization as the accredited representative of the Bar of the United States , as well as my appreciation of the high honor of having been one of your Presidents , this work , national in its scope and character , is inscribed by the ...
... organization as the accredited representative of the Bar of the United States , as well as my appreciation of the high honor of having been one of your Presidents , this work , national in its scope and character , is inscribed by the ...
Page xxix
... Organization under General Laws § 24. Abuses of Municipal Powers § 25. The Administrative County and County Council of London - § 26. The Greater New York - § 27. Con- cluding Reflections . ― CHAPTER II §§ 30-43 . CORPORATIONS DEFINED ...
... Organization under General Laws § 24. Abuses of Municipal Powers § 25. The Administrative County and County Council of London - § 26. The Greater New York - § 27. Con- cluding Reflections . ― CHAPTER II §§ 30-43 . CORPORATIONS DEFINED ...
Page 1
... Organization under General Laws 9 Abuses of Municipal Powers . England Municipal Institutions in United States 11-15 The Principle of Local Self - Gov- 10 The Administrative County and County Council of London The Greater New York ...
... Organization under General Laws 9 Abuses of Municipal Powers . England Municipal Institutions in United States 11-15 The Principle of Local Self - Gov- 10 The Administrative County and County Council of London The Greater New York ...
Page 2
... organization . The chief lesson they teach is that they were the centres of great wealth and power in the ruling classes , and that the people , who constitute the true wealth of modern cities , were at the absolute disposal of their ...
... organization . The chief lesson they teach is that they were the centres of great wealth and power in the ruling classes , and that the people , who constitute the true wealth of modern cities , were at the absolute disposal of their ...
Page 8
... organization . The body thus organized , as it has duties , so it acquires rights peculiar to itself as distinguished from the Nation or State at large , which rights , especially those that pertain to property acquired under ...
... organization . The body thus organized , as it has duties , so it acquires rights peculiar to itself as distinguished from the Nation or State at large , which rights , especially those that pertain to property acquired under ...
Contents
lii | |
1 | |
2 | |
3 | |
6 | |
11 | |
13 | |
18 | |
441 | |
443 | |
445 | |
446 | |
447 | |
448 | |
451 | |
452 | |
20 | |
22 | |
24 | |
31 | |
34 | |
45 | |
50 | |
51 | |
53 | |
57 | |
58 | |
59 | |
60 | |
61 | |
62 | |
63 | |
64 | |
65 | |
66 | |
67 | |
68 | |
70 | |
71 | |
73 | |
74 | |
75 | |
77 | |
79 | |
80 | |
88 | |
89 | |
95 | |
102 | |
103 | |
107 | |
109 | |
116 | |
119 | |
123 | |
125 | |
131 | |
133 | |
139 | |
140 | |
143 | |
145 | |
146 | |
151 | |
157 | |
159 | |
160 | |
161 | |
164 | |
174 | |
177 | |
180 | |
184 | |
185 | |
191 | |
192 | |
195 | |
196 | |
199 | |
200 | |
202 | |
203 | |
206 | |
213 | |
215 | |
219 | |
220 | |
223 | |
224 | |
225 | |
228 | |
230 | |
233 | |
234 | |
235 | |
236 | |
238 | |
240 | |
241 | |
247 | |
250 | |
251 | |
259 | |
260 | |
261 | |
268 | |
269 | |
274 | |
275 | |
276 | |
278 | |
282 | |
287 | |
288 | |
290 | |
291 | |
294 | |
295 | |
299 | |
300 | |
304 | |
306 | |
309 | |
310 | |
313 | |
315 | |
317 | |
318 | |
319 | |
320 | |
321 | |
323 | |
327 | |
328 | |
331 | |
333 | |
334 | |
336 | |
340 | |
342 | |
343 | |
346 | |
349 | |
354 | |
355 | |
356 | |
357 | |
359 | |
362 | |
366 | |
368 | |
371 | |
373 | |
374 | |
376 | |
377 | |
378 | |
379 | |
380 | |
384 | |
387 | |
396 | |
400 | |
401 | |
402 | |
406 | |
407 | |
409 | |
413 | |
417 | |
420 | |
421 | |
425 | |
427 | |
432 | |
433 | |
437 | |
438 | |
439 | |
440 | |
453 | |
455 | |
456 | |
457 | |
459 | |
460 | |
461 | |
463 | |
465 | |
467 | |
468 | |
469 | |
472 | |
473 | |
474 | |
478 | |
479 | |
480 | |
485 | |
489 | |
495 | |
497 | |
499 | |
501 | |
504 | |
505 | |
506 | |
507 | |
508 | |
510 | |
514 | |
515 | |
516 | |
518 | |
519 | |
520 | |
522 | |
523 | |
525 | |
527 | |
530 | |
533 | |
536 | |
538 | |
539 | |
540 | |
542 | |
543 | |
544 | |
545 | |
546 | |
547 | |
548 | |
549 | |
550 | |
552 | |
553 | |
556 | |
558 | |
559 | |
560 | |
561 | |
562 | |
563 | |
565 | |
566 | |
567 | |
568 | |
569 | |
570 | |
571 | |
572 | |
573 | |
574 | |
576 | |
577 | |
579 | |
580 | |
582 | |
583 | |
584 | |
587 | |
589 | |
590 | |
591 | |
592 | |
594 | |
595 | |
597 | |
598 | |
600 | |
604 | |
605 | |
607 | |
613 | |
622 | |
630 | |
634 | |
637 | |
642 | |
645 | |
650 | |
652 | |
657 | |
660 | |
664 | |
665 | |
667 | |
668 | |
670 | |
671 | |
672 | |
677 | |
680 | |
684 | |
690 | |
691 | |
693 | |
695 | |
696 | |
697 | |
701 | |
704 | |
706 | |
707 | |
709 | |
711 | |
715 | |
716 | |
719 | |
720 | |
721 | |
722 | |
723 | |
725 | |
726 | |
728 | |
729 | |
731 | |
733 | |
734 | |
736 | |
739 | |
741 | |
743 | |
748 | |
749 | |
751 | |
754 | |
757 | |
761 | |
762 | |
763 | |
765 | |
766 | |
767 | |
768 | |
771 | |
772 | |
775 | |
776 | |
777 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
adopted affairs amendment applied appointed assessment authority bonds boroughs census chap cial cities and towns classification Com'rs commissioners conferred Const constitutional limit constitutional prohibition constitutional provision contract corporate powers council county seat created debt declared Dist Doon Township duties effect election enacted exercise existing fund grant incorporated incurred indebtedness inhabitants Iowa issue judicial Lake County lative lature legis legislative power legislature levy liability mayor ment Minn Municipal Bonds municipal charters municipal corporations nicipal obligation officers Ohio St operation Option Laws ordinance Oreg organization palities payment police population porations prescribed prohibition of special purpose quasi corporations regulating repeal revenues S. W. Rep school district special act special law special legislation statute streets Supreme Court taxation territory thereof tion township uncon unconstitutional valid village violation vote voters
Popular passages
Page 409 - ... before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness as it falls due, and also provision to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof on or before maturity, which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 409 - Education, or school district, shall incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner, or for any purpose, exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for it for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose...
Page 205 - The liberty mentioned in that amendment means not only the right of the citizen to be free from the mere physical restraint of his person, as by incarceration, but the term is deemed to embrace the right of the citizen to be free in the enjoyment of all his faculties; to be free to use them in all lawful ways ; to live and work where he will ; to earn his livelihood by any lawful calling ; to pursue any livelihood or avocation, and for that purpose to enter into all contracts which may be proper,...
Page 334 - In all other cases where a general law can be made applicable, no special law shall be enacted.
Page 554 - When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good, to the extent of the interest he has thus created.
Page 449 - 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 135 - It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations...
Page 58 - It is chiefly for the purpose of clothing bodies of men in succession with these qualities and capacities that corporations were invented and are in use. By these means, a perpetual succession of individuals are capaple of acting for the promotion of the particular object, like one immortal being.
Page 418 - Any county, city, school district or other municipal corporation incurring any indebtedness as aforesaid, shall before, or at the time of doing so, provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years from the time of contracting the same.
Page 173 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof as the Legislature shall designate for that purpose.