It shall be the duty of the Legislature, and they are hereby empowered 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,... Laws of the State of Wisconsin - Page 573by Wisconsin - 1877Full view - About this book
| Jonathan French - Newspapers - 1857 - 594 pages
...assembly shall provide for the organi»tion of cities, incorporated villages, by general laws; and restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing...debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent the abuse of such power. 7. No act of the general assembly, authorizing associations with banking powers,... | |
| Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1857 - 630 pages
...the imposition of taxes by the legislature. It is also enjoined upon the legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages,...their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money and contracting debts, and loaning their credit so as to prevent abuses in assessments, and in contracting... | |
| Iowa. Constitutional Convention - Constitituional law - 1857 - 596 pages
...State, which may be organized without additional territory. Sec. 3. No county, or other political or municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable... | |
| Wisconsin - Wisconsin - 1858 - 800 pages
...for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and it is made its duty by the Constitution to restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing...contracting debts, by such municipal corporations. Constant complaints are made of the excesses of taxation in cities and incorporated villages in this... | |
| Maurice A. Richter - Municipal government - 1858 - 320 pages
...Counties. — Saving of Taxes. LET us read on. " 9. It shall be the duty of the legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages,...credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations." Behind those eight sections on banks, you find... | |
| James Kent - Law - 1858 - 966 pages
...tution of NY of 1846, art. 8. The constitution makes it the duty of the legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages,...and loaning their credit ; so as to prevent abuses thereof. So the legislature itself is prohibited from giving or loaning in any manner the credit of... | |
| Oliver Lorenzo Barbour - Law reports, digests, etc - 1858 - 714 pages
...answer to this question. It is in these words : " 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 and borrowing money, contracting debts and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments,... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1858 - 820 pages
...the value thereof assessed and paid. SEC. 3. 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, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit. so as to prevent abuses. SEC. 4. The... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1858 - 772 pages
...the value thereof assessed and paid. SEC. 3. 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, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses. SEC. 4. The... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1858 - 820 pages
...the value thereof assessed and paid. SEC. 3. 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, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses. SEC. 4. The... | |
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