A Treatise on the Law of Municipal Corporations

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Callaghan and Company, 1913
 

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Law must authorize improvement when made 4345
4345
Assessment for improvement already made 4347
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Authority to make improvement or expendi ture 4348
4348
KINDS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR WHICH AUTHORIZED 2027 Purposes of special assessments 4349
4349
Samestreet improvements in general
4351
Samesamenature of street improvements 4352 5354
4352
Original construction reconstruction and
4354
Sameeffect of provisions for repairs on
4361
Sewers and drains
4368
Parks and market places
4375
Samegeneral or special benefits
4383
Sameeffect of like existing improvement
4389
2227
4394
Railroad property
4395
Assessment districts
4401
Property beyond municipal area
4407
Property contiguous adjoining and adjacent
4413
Secs Pages 2061 Restricting property by depth or distance
4416
PROPERTY EXEMPT 2063 Power to exemptconstruction 44174419
4417
Religious and charitable institutions 4419
4419
Educational institutions
4420
Cemeteries and burial grounds 4421
4421
Homestead property
4423
Making of or payment for part of improve ment by property owners
4424
Exemption by agreement 4425
4425
EXERCISE OF POWER 2070 Municipal officers empowered to make assess ments 44264428
4426
Samecommissioners 4428
4428
Competency of commissioners 44294431
4429
Oath of commissioners 4431
4431
Notice of assessment to property owners 44324435
4432
Sufficiency of the notice 4436
4436
Service of noticepublication 44374439
4437
Hearing on proposed assessment 4439
4439
Time for making assessment 44404442
4440
Same with reference to completion of
4442
Levy of assessment 4444
4444
Mode of assessment 4445
4445
Sameland in bulk or separate lots or parcels 44464449
4446
Same division of improvement into parts 4449
4449
Sametwo or more improvements in one as sessment 44504452
4450
Same against part or lot or tract
4452
Apportionment of assessments 4454
4454
Sameaccording to benefits 44554458
4455
Sameby front foot 44594461
4459
Samesuperficial area
4461
Secs Pages 2091 Same each lot for the improvement in front of it 4462
4462
Sameomission of property
4463
Same deduction of damages
4464
Same costs and expenses included 4466
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Samewhat may not be included 4467
4467
Confirmation correction revision or setting aside of assessment 44684472
4468
Samenature of proceedingsnotice 44724474
4472
Sameby courtpetition or application 4474
4474
Samejurisdiction of court 4475
4475
Sameevidence 4476
4476
Samejudgment
4477
Assessment record 44784484
4478
Sufficiency of certificate warrant or tax bill 44844488
4484
THE LIEN 2106 The lienmust be created by lawconstruc tion of laws 44884490
4488
Same steps required to perfect 4490
4490
Samewhen lien attaches 4491
4491
Same duration and discharge 44924494
4492
Same order of priority 44944499
4494
VALIDITY AND REMEDIES 2III Nonobservance of law authorizing improve ment 44994501
4499
Defects and irregularities affecting validity of assessment 4501
4501
Failure to advertise for bids for the work 4502
4502
Legal existence of street or way improved 4503
4503
Improvement extending on private property 4504
4504
Change of title to avoid assessment 4505
4505
Presumption of validity of assessment 45064510
4506
When and by whom assessment may be ques tioned 4510
4510
Estoppel to question validity of assessment 4512
4512
Samesameapportionment of assessment
4522
Appeal from assessment
4529
COLLECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
4535
2134
4541
Limitation of actions
4547
Sameassignee
4553
Joinder of actions
4559
Counter claim
4566
CHAPTER 39
4571
Secs Pages 2157 Necessity for revenue
4572
Sources of revenue 45734574
4573
Control of legislature 4574
4574
POWER TO BORROW LOAN and Give NOTES OR ISSUE Bills 2160 Power to borrow money 45754580
4575
Power to execute promissory notes 45804583
4580
Power to issue bills to be used as currency
4583
POWER TO INCUR INDEBTEDNESS AND MAKE EXPENDITURES 2164 General rules 45864589
4586
Must be for public municipal purpose 45894592
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Samepower of legislature 4593
4593
Sameillustrations of what are and what are not public purposes 45954600
4595
Samemoral claims
4601
Sameaid to private corporations or associa tions 46044609
4604
Same constitutional prohibitions against do nations 46094613
4609
Conditions precedent and procedure 4613
4613
Necessity for first making provision for pay ment of debt 46144618
4614
Samerequiring provision for levy of taxes 4618
4618
Certificate that funds are applicable or indebt edness lawful
4622
Fiscal year
4625
Surplus funds at end of fiscal year
4632
CHAPTER 40
4645
How question submitted
4653
Form and scope of question or questions sub
4659
2199
4667
2203
4675
2228
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Secs Pages
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Same debt limits as prescribed by legislature 4690
4690
Same debt of political division as indebted
4697
Sameright to compel payment as affecting
4706
Same debts in anticipation of collection
4713
Sameinterest as indebtedness
4719
Sameobligations payable from special
4723
Time when indebtedness arises
4729
Evading debt limit provisions
4736
Same sinking funds
4745
Sameeffect of debt limit upon municipal acts
4751
2244
4757
2250
4763
Secs Pages 2252 Payment of warrants 4765
4765
Same from what fund payable 4766
4766
Samepriority in payment 47684770
4768
Samewarrants as receivable in payment of taxes etc 4770
4770
Assignment of warrants 4771
4771
Reissuance funding and calling in for exam ination 4772
4772
Actions on warrants 47734775
4773
Same defenses 47754777
4775
Samestatutes of limitation as barring actions on warrants 47774779
4777
Mandamus 4779
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CHAPTER 43
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TIONS
4783
Introductory 47844786
4784
Importance of the law as to municipal bonds 4786
4786
Kinds of bonds
4787
Samefunding and refunding bonds
4798
Who may attack bonds
4805
CHAPTER 39
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Implied power to issue bonds
4813
Whether bonds issued for a public purpose 48204822
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Railroad aid bonds
4828
To whom made payable
4835
Seal
4842
Secs Pages 2294 Medium of payment
4844
Recitals 48454947
4845
ISSUANCE DELIVERY AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 2297 Time for issuance and when deemed issued 4847
4847
Delivery 4848
4848
Proceedings before issuance of bonds 48494852
4849
Samepetition or consents 48524855
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CHAPTER 40
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SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION of Bonds 2303 Disposition of bonds 48564860
4856
Sale at less than par 48604862
4860
Negotiability of bonds 48624864
4862
What law governs
4864
Stolen or lost bonds 4865
4865
ESTOPPEL AND RATIFICATION 2309 When municipality bound by ratification or es toppel 48664869
4866
Curative statutes 4870
4870
Estoppel as to conditions precedent by mere is suance of bonds
4872
BONA FIDE PURCHASERS 2313 Definition and effect of status 4874
4874
Purchaser from a bona fide purchaser 4875
4875
Gross negligence effect of 4876
4876
Actual notice
4877
Sameexistence and contents of enabling stat ute 4878
4878
Samematters appearing upon face of bonds 4881
4881
Remedies where bonds invalid 49304932
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DEFENSES TO ACTIONS ON BONDS 2350 Introductory 49324934
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Want of power to issue 4934
4934
Debt limit exceeded
4935
Municipality only a de facto one
4937
SUGGESTIONS TO INVESTIGATORS OF VALIDITY OF BOND ISSUE 2357 In general 49384940
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CHAPTER 44
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Scope of chapter
4943
Power of legislature to delegate authority to tax 49454948
4945
Conditions precedent to levy 49484949
4948
Sameelections 49494951
4949
Secs Pages 2363 Power as inherent 49514955
4951
Poll taxes 49554958
4955
Collateral inheritance tax
4958
Power as conferred by constitution
4959
Occupation and income taxes 4960
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Statutory authority 49624965
4962
Sameconstruction of statutes granting power 49654966
4965
Tax must be for a public purpose 49664971
4966
Revoking or limiting power of taxation 4971
4971
Power as lost by user or nonuser
4972
DUTY TO LEVY TAXES 2376 Duty to levy and enforcement thereof 49734975
4973
Power of legislature to compel levy of taxes 49754977
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CONSTITUTIONAL RESTRICTIONS 2378 In General 4977
4977
On power of legislature to tax for municipal purposes 4978
4978
Uniformity 4979
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Sametaxing districts 4980
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Samepower to tax one species of property only
4981
LIMITATIONS ON RATE OR AMOUNT OF TAXES 2384 Tax limits in general 49834987
4983
Tax limits as mandatory
4987
Whether all municipal taxes included within limit 49884991
4988
Effect of levy above tax limit 4991
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Secs Pages 2388 In general 49924997
4992
Property not receiving benefits
4997
Samevessels 5001
5001
Property annexed 5002
5002
Property of grantees of franchises 50035005
5003
Municipal bonds
5006
Federal means or agencies
5007
Rural property 50085010
5008
EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION 2399 In general 50105015
5010
Construction of exemption provisions 5015
5015
Repeal or revocation 5016
5016
Exemption as assignable
5017
Procedure to levy taxes 50205025
5020
Sameassessment 50255031
5025
Payment and collection 50315033
5031
Sameremedies for collection 50345037
5034
Samesale for unpaid taxes 5037
5037
Forfeiture and penalties for nonpayment 5038
5038
Remedies against municipality where tax wrongful 50395041
5039
Sameaction for damages
5041
CHAPTER 45
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Police force in general 50455047
5045
Samepolice commissioners
5048
Legislative control of fire and police depart
5050
Reimbursement for expenses incurred
5056
Liability of municipality for failure to provide
5062
Liability of municipality for torts of fire
5068
PUBLIC EDUCATION
5072
Eligibility of members of board of education
5076
Employment of teacher
5082
CHAPTER 47
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Same delegation of power forbidden 5095
5095
Property in trust for charitable uses
5102
Juvenile courts
5111
Workhouse
5118
Samestatement of claim
5119
2466
5128
Review of decisions touching claims
5141
Who authorized to compromise
5149
ACTIONS BY AND AGAINST MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS IN GENERAL
5157
QUO WARRANTO
5159
Liability on contracts
5163
Venue
5169
Name in which action should be brought
5170
Parties
5174
Pleadings
5179
Process form and service
5182
Representation by counselappearance
5184
Defenses
5187
Judgment
5188
Enforcement of judgment
5189
Costs
5191
PARTICULAR ACTIONS 2502 Equitable remediesinjunction in general
5192
Sameenactment of ordinance
5195
Sameenforcement of ordinance
5197
Injunction by municipal corporation
5198
Creditors remedymandamus
5200
Recovery of involuntary payments made
5201
municipal corporations
5202
Certiorarinature an object of the writ 2509 Samewhen appeal or writ of error lies
5207
Sameas writ of review 51955197 51975198 5198 5199 5200
5208
Same to review acts of judicial character
5209
Sameapplication for and direction of writ
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Samereturn of writ
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Samewhat reviewable
5215
Samematters of practicejudgment
5218
Prohibition
5220
Garnishment of municipal corporations
5223
Sameequitable garnishment
5226
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
5229
Liability for maintenance of a nuisance in gen eral 5230
5230
Same defective sewer system 5231 2522 Liability for defective public ways 5231
5231
Samebridges 5233 2524 Pollution of stream
5233
Secs Pages 2525 Nature and purpose 52345236
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Samewhen writ will issue 5237
5237
Discretion in instituting proceedings
5239
To test existence of officeouster 52425244
5242
Questioning legal existence of municipal cor poration 52445246
5244
Questioning annexation proceedings 52465248
5246
Ouster from exercise of franchise 5248
5248
Parties plaintiff 52495251
5249
Parties defendant 52515253
5251
Sufficiency of information 52535255
5253
Subsequent pleadings 5255
5255
Matters of practiceevidence 52565258
5256
Reliefjudgment 5258
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CHAPTER 51
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Scope of chapter
5261
Nature and object of writ 52625266
5262
Discretion in granting writ 5266
5266
Laches as barremedy unavailing 5267
5267
Controlling considerations 52685270
5268
Same clear legal right to performance 5270
5270
Same to compel performance of official act nature of duty 5271
5271
Samedemand and refusal of alleged duty 5272
5272
To compel transfer of books etc of office
5279
To compel levy of assessments
5285
CHAPTER 43
5290
To compel the granting of licenses and permits 5293
5293
Miscellaneous instances
5299
How writ directed against municipal corpora
5305
CITIZENS AND TAXPAYERS SUITS
5311
Propriety of action in general 53125316
5312
Samestatutory provisions 5316
5316
SameNew York statutes 53185325
5318
Sameeffect of remedy at law 5325
5325
Same title to office not triable 5326
5326
Action by attorney general of state 53275329
5327
Certiorari as remedy 5329
5329
Actions on behalf of municipality 53305334
5330
Right of taxpayers to intervene or defend 5335
5335
Motive of plaintiff immaterial 5336
5336
Who may sue 5338
5338
Samepecuniary interest 53395342
5339
Sameinjury different from that sustained by other taxpayers 5343
5343
Sameestoppel to sue 5344
5344
Time to sue and laches 5345
5345
Acts which may be enjoined 53465349
5346
Samepassage and enforcement of ordi nances 5349
5349
Sameacts relating to bonds 53505353
5350
Samemaking or performance of illegal con tracts 53535356
5353
Sameletting of contracts where competitive bids 5356
5356
Sameincurring indebtedness above debt limit
5357
Samelevy and collection of taxes 53605365
5360
Samepayments 5365
5365
Samecollection of judgment 5366
5366
Samemisuse of municipal property 5367
5367
Demand before suit 5368
5368
Parties pleading and proof 53695372
5369
Judgment 5372
5372

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Página 4684 - ... in any manner or for any purpose to an amount exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose...
Página 4710 - All certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes...
Página 4825 - ... 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.
Página 5114 - ... hooks on to any moving train, or enters any car or engine without lawful authority; or who habitually uses vile, obscene, vulgar, profane or indecent language, or is guilty of immoral conduct in any public place or about any school house.
Página 4340 - 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 corporations may be vested with authority to assess and collect taxes; but such taxes shall be uniform, in respect to persons and property, within the jurisdiction of the body imposing...
Página 4685 - ... for such year, without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors thereof voting at an election to be held for that purpose, nor unless, before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual...
Página 4330 - The exaction from the owner of private property of the cost of a public improvement in substantial excess of the special benefits accruing to him is, to the extent of such excess, a taking under the guise of taxation, of private property for public use without compensation.
Página 4697 - No city, town, school district, or other municipal corporation shall become indebted to an amount, including existing indebtedness, exceeding four per centum of the value of the taxable property therein, the value to be ascertained by the last assessment for State and county purposes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness; except that in incorporated cities the assessment shall be taken...
Página 5269 - The writ of mandamus may be denominated the writ of mandate.— 1873-345. 1085. It may be issued by any court, except a justice's or police court, to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board, or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins, as a duty resulting from an office, trust, or station...
Página 4538 - Headquarters Detective, True Cases from the Police Blotter, June 1940.' He was convicted, and the conviction upheld by the Court of Appeals, the state's highest appellate court. It was reversed by the United States Supreme Court, on the ground that the law as drawn violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments.

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