The General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns and villages, with power to make local improvements by special assessment or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise. For all other corporate purposes, all municipal... Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of Washington - Page 456by Washington (State). Supreme Court, Arthur Remington, Solon Dickerson Williams - 1904Full view - About this book
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1918 - 720 pages
...JJ., dissenting: Sections 9 and 10 of article 9 of the constitution provide that the General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns...villages with power to make local improvements by special assessments or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise, and that for all other corporate... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1915 - 718 pages
...first section of the Local Improvement act of 1897 provides that municipalities are vested with the power to make local improvements "by special assessment, or by special taxation, of contiguous property, or by general taxation, or otherwise, as they shall by ordinance prescribe." Section... | |
| United States. Court of Claims - 1925 - 828 pages
...adopted in 1870, authorizes the general assembly of the State to vest the corporate authorities of cities and villages with power to make local improvements by special assessment or special taxation. This authority was exercised by the general assembly of the State by an act entitled... | |
| Illinois, Illinois. Constitutional Convention - 1870 - 64 pages
...this Constitution, unless authorized by a vote of the people of the county. § 9. The General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns and villages, with power to make local improvement by special assessment or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise. For... | |
| Illinois. Constitutional Convention - 1870 - 1074 pages
...debts and loaning their credit, so as to prevent the abuse of such power. § 2. The General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns and villages with power, by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise, to provide for constructing sewers, grading,... | |
| 1871 - 464 pages
...this Constitution, unless authorized by a vote of the people of the county. § 9. The General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns...improvements by special assessment or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise. For all other corporate purposes, all municipal corporations may... | |
| Illinois - 1870 - 50 pages
...this Constitution, unless authorized by a vote of the people of the county. § 9. The General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns...improvements by special assessment or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise. For all other corporate purposes, all municipal corporations may... | |
| Illinois. General Assembly. Senate - 1871 - 644 pages
...ninth article of the State Constitution. By the ninth section it is provided that "the General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns...villages with power to make local improvements by special assessments, or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise." For all other corporate... | |
| Illinois - 1871 - 1154 pages
...article of the State Constitution. By the ninth section it is provided that " the General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns...villages with power to make local improvements by special assessments, or by special taxation of contiguous property or otherwise." For all other corporate purposes,... | |
| Illinois - 1872 - 944 pages
...IMPROVEMENTS. SECTION 1. That the corporate authorities of cities and power to ma^e. villages are hereby vested with power to make local improvements by special assessment or by special taxation, or both, of contiguous property, or general taxation, or otherwise, as they shall by ordinance prescribe.... | |
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