...to a legislative body such as a city council. EP BRADSTREET AND CLARK & SIMON FOR APPELLANTS. 1. " It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...possesses and can exercise the following powers and no othPattern, &c. v. Stephens, <£c. ers: fir.t/, those granted in express words; tecond, those necessarily...

...effect the purposes of their creation. In the work to which reference has been made it is stated : " It is a general and undisputed proposition of law,...municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the [New Orleans, Mobile, and Chattanooga Railroad Co. v. Dunn.] following powers, and no others : First,...

...is not within the scope of the general powers of municipalities. Dillon lays down the rule that: " It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any...

...unless the municipal authorities possess, under the constitution, the right to exercise such powers. "It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation, — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Any...

...granted to it in express words .or are necessarily or fairly implied in the powers expressly granted and' essential to the accomplishment of the declared objects and purposes of the corporation, (1 Dillon on Mun. Corp. — 5th ed. — sec. 237.) What police powers a local corporation or municipality...

...shall appear necessary and best answer the purposes intended for regulatingend governing said town." It is a general and undisputed proposition of law,...expressly granted ; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation. Dillon Mnn. Corporations, Sec. 55 ; Spaulding v....

...Holland v. Baltimore, 11 Md. 186. Extent of Power— Limitation — Canons of Construction. § 55. It is a general and undisputed proposition of law...expressly granted ; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient, but indispensable. Auy...

...purposes exclusively. Judge Dillon, in his valuable work on municipal corporations, says that " They can exercise the following powers, and no others :...words. Second, those necessarily or fairly implied, or incident to the powers expressly granted. Third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes...

...purposes exclusively. Judge Dillon, in his valuable work on municipal corporations, says that "They can exercise the following powers and no others: First,...words. Second, those necessarily or fairly implied, or incident to the powers expressly granted. Third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes...

...necessarily or fairly implied, or incident^ to the powers expressly granted. Third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation— not simply convenient, but indispensable." The same author, in treating upon aid to railroads, while admitting that the current of judicial decision...