, 1876-07-06

that A tho net nf April H. 1879, oca not nxnrcas-
i}lncy yhies !eai'Isis i tho powar |" Ivy 81 %
only he by imrl,sntsn; tfat liz aW doea NJ fsvSs
,innt etAsutea ot general natnro Do not fopca y
!n,r!!catlon, charters nhd special acts passed inr
The heHoas u ps'smsr nMfrAit,ss sins
slate 1s. atali, II wall, 43i, Thu Pfys1dcn! mi
Trustees cte.. W. This County Of Ia Sale, L.
il naIc 10 provisions IN tho special cty charters Of
inrae nnH'bcr Of e.tcs IN the state restricting she
limit Of taxation e rer fsnt .na onshst shs nt
eeaersi sntnie oi April Ii, .1s7;i, 10 repeal iii
tcss restrictive nios.;;ons r. !s,e.o numerous
ps.' per eent a ttat !. nsSmissibio 70 hoid tGen
10 10 repealed by Implication.
special charter, Or special authority deriyed from
lion On the sab}ect appl!es il tG's ssnts, il re-
tke ddoptl9n OF Tho Constellation nf 1870. AT. i,
8ee 90 of that CnnstItutoa prohibits tho General
Assembly from !neo.po.n,inE eit'ss' towns. .. VI
town, city, or wings. except by ! gs,<rnI nv.
8nprosG, IN Tho ease Of nny one Of the tnany cities
referred to hy Sonss whore tho . "f aaxaton
rer ecnt, that tds restricted i0aet OF taxins wsci.
might !,ayn sltl'ced for Che limited needs Of tho
aaSs e suse a. sas % sss
ssaa'!o,, Tho Change in tt eha1saT for tSss puf:
oNlr m MApH NJ i oEsrrA1 Law;
40 that tho principle relied upon falls In It's app.
cation here n u full extent.
% p,ovdc for the ineorporntdn of ci.e. and VII vi,
s; 7 = s's'1s vs so1sss 'ss. @
iS1s a a.ssa 70 sngEy as an d ssss &c n.sy h s
become Incorporated under tle law Of ls5a. '0
H-tfa %f1 d. hN
.uto eaesa II % appesrs y
sSaef !esten sn0 'Sj II ''1z i a sG
conformity with Art.IV. Sec. ii, ef tic. cons.n-
fn fSFg hs ssnso ns s e Xp q anfs e. l e s fold to
Tho cit1 q onoy restrlcts iho power 70 ovy taxes
tiat 10 lax san b ieyel uniess % %wo.,lii, y s is
Aldermen shal vote In lavorof tho snlile which wAa
not tho caac here A. before reEnarke,l, tho first
n,ny levy mud COLLECT taxes, following with an
enumeration, In numerical nrter, under sHycn ds-
ttnct heads Of scycn iat.ncs purposes Or c1assca Of
lccte!l. que 81 which y 81 follows:
mTo sexae t t.. s1nkng frH Of fsnda
%Iroridti, flint no Ink ssaii Ieloyisd nner thss
sscton pa1sss tT;o.!hi1l. {; 4 81 ths Aldermen
lion in this prov!ao, II being cuntenlcj that tNo
euts.rncsloi, st bc nccorling to the letter, that
section, 10 all Of tho seven subdivisions Into which
1t is divided, md Is not 10 lie confined to TIN Rfh
ono alone. We think othcrsltc; that tho colloea-
that II should
QUALIFY THE TAXING POWER
only under the fifth subdivision of tho eectlon
which was ''t0 provide for sinking fund or
fund.-" etc. Iroylsoa arc construed as affecting
tho paragraph 70 which they arc annexed. a,ld WI
stc Of oon tho onS n osstsg t so b. ~
hnt only to tho alta paragraph, to whcs. It Ia an.
naxcd.
~ ,hs ezt,;aosainaty ra,rpo,,e Of raising money
dcstncn elected might we'll bo required for lcvyt,
tho tax, wlis for the lcvy Of taxes for ordinary
ha soto 70 appy ts
Aldernen sssie to the ievying Of ordi'iaty taxes,
tis wholo section II Is believed TINT
intention We wSa1 hire H. bcs ,pmaftakae e.
viao would l.avo bcnn placed IN different part Of
The section. so US TO denote tA application 70 tho
Tss aeas s1e s % as % oS nento nto o S Ss
qualification to the nth subdivision only OF tho
The fartner poln. Is made that tho ordnance for
the tax in auest'on luyied 10 cents on Tho S100
i%g - tax = pay loss IN tI,s afst 'sS snb:
60 cents the 500 OF tho tax, tlerc shontd hnvo
been solc for II Of two thirds Of all tho Aldermen
elected.
hit ,ls nth subdivision docs not relate to levy.
tng tuxts to pay debts, but only to proyt1o for n
sinking fund for tho payment Of the Eencr1t! OF
special Indebtedness or tho city. I1la general
tangnage Of tho drat subdivision of tho section,
s'fOr general and contingent expenses, Or my
other G1peusea not herein otherwise provided
foE," ....-...
WOULD COVER THE LEyT
OF tho tAI to pny debts.
The Court below, Mpon tue dissolution Of tho In.
junction. assessed anu deerecd ngainat tic
compainAnts tho sum Of SaGu hninHges fol
solicitors fees, and tlfa IN assigned ~ error.
This Eeoms to us quite too large IN allowance
to be mnlo hero for the service Ut presenting
10 the Court IN motion to dissolve Tic inJunc.
tton, tho simple question Of tic construction oil
thA atatute; Besides, the evidence upon which thu
allowance WuA made wns not preserved III tht
record, without which, as this Court hns frequent.
ly rnlcl tho decree cannDt )H snprored; arld tho
recital hcru IN tho icctce that tic fInlnE IT tic
Court .saA on evidence heard, without shnwinl
respect, az held n AlarIgM, rs. Smith, Gs III,
Hamilton r.. Stewdri, 70 ID, 331.
Tho decree Of the Circuit Court d!asoly!tg tho In
jnnction ind dinmteslng tho bllt II affirmed, nni
that rnrt Of the decree asscssfng damages aghins
tho appellants Ia royotsud and tho causc tc
pgcrup modified.