, 1879-02-25

legal clcct Ht warrant draWn upn INC lteA9-
us ihat Of : warrant 'liIestlnr the Trea:urcr to
taY oht OF tilnf fund. Tie nucat!on or lnrtI1 ol
thc warrant, however, docs not seem 70 l'c =
inattef OF mqch moment, as the torn tndlsateaa
by ccorcrnEng o!in!on can readily be adopted"
The ruling throws the COSTS of this SUIT upon tc
appellee, and IMPOSES upon the city iiIc expense
oi printing no7 blanks Inr .sS t!esc HarfaHle'
sca,r or ls1a
Fuller Va. Heath Of nj. is very lengthy. Tho
following Ia m abstract OF the principal points
OF TIC dectnfon; 1900,
u ,mshteI w eIunse! ior hpncnan1 It ~, 1is rWs
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1eas s So'a M a 'nonefanye: neneo u ,,s u .hir FIJI
~ hssni yeaf ~ ~" IexMn stan ~ tc nac n.t
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asa.i u.en @ ~, , nv ~ n,s1 q.;e, qns; ~ mn.
x ~: ~ ss vii sntean nny ii, ta.t stnso
yo!u. eon'enue&u & .ne ,n. ~. tt1,o.
o. &C. 81 !ns ~ eus' voia uli;e crnso
~ ~ T. ~ .o o-a.r1tuo ~ .nmc
c,pius frn,r 1i,n an.,i,nstfnr ~ TX iaw ,yhrh
hnt f,r s',ch n1rnrnton wn,tii In thcir organic
law; that tic law, by iI,c Constitution, must bc
uniform as to a1I Inc cities; ths Dcnernl AS
ecmbly cannot delegate power to change the law,
for tits would bn 10 cnnct Inv which. ns 10
tic position Is not sound. Tic Constitution no
where Tcuuircs thnt lie fiscal year Of alt cIttcs
under tile general Law, slnll begin on the sarno
day. The law ns Il ID applies to all such cities
alike. The substance Of The provision is, that
the beginning OF the fiscal year may be fixed by
ordinance, mid in the absence Of such ordinance
tho fiscal year must begin oo tho third Tuesday
Mpt We sanaot Rsrecyo s s proyisGo " i
fiscal year having been fixed by urtllnancc On
tic 1st day Of January, thc General Approprla-
| tl0n ordinance passed On the 1st day Of Mnrch
WIS within Tie tltst quarter OF the ycnrs as re-
qulred by law. Wo lind no eause In this to
question It's validity.
| IIe court cites the case Of
TIE cfrr or sputNarIEtp vs.. EDWARDS,
Mtta1.s say ysiroadv ae,ucd maa W.T. ,asan% aau VI
hupsl!sG ~ ..as euf a'sauy Ss.,,," 9,n.
n., e rn Hnt,t ~ tohtitics .t r,ny IL ,f"feov
eusren, @ aoH ospense. S sc aStieoae ha tolee,on q
m ease c taxes a5e astnay Pro-
Yiuca w '!.oue ~ apuaS ,i.hi,t+,t III 1ess s,nnE
aPart, ue sHS, ~ ~ spuss , nu t , upo,.
of G lie @ Gourt IN 0 tI,at decision. Tnc Court snys
rants G n,an,nned IN tho bl faits IL INV material
particular to comply Win
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h, ,,o cn,,r. In fant tiev sccr, ~ h. t,rovn
IA is,mc'1 ~ atr;c, comniionre tbercw"th Thn
IT" lssusu y sL,ss eopnantt1 ,aaia, ri,e
@ snp" tn,r E ,,na,, v 1,oa",,I .niv o,,t ~
watrans atn%5 F% UPON na nnxab,n guy @ ou' ~
5occ ans M nurnort II it,rs,sc a,nnn tho cit,
any lisSity. w. The b does not Charge aS ~ ~ fac
as ~ an hnaI payment iot service cry ee os nse e
taa Spg wns4 s "Si te % saoe a
T. ls hslstcu & a,,at s"e.o H. T. III tn'1 eSo 4no
au pu w. Mo.nsu ~ . ,c ,r..aar. n, ho
na},a. va in rot link a.. All cnt,tracta nnd
Instruments OF trausfcr Of property or sny in
tcrcst therein must be construed as Il the place
Of tie contract instrument wcrs written out in
iu]l upon tho fnre Iu this caso the warrants
are to DO construed In the eame manncr-that
no city can make valid contract BY which It
can become Indebted beyond the constitutional
limit. Hnl that even for meeting fta necessary
current expenses no city can anticipate the col
lection OF taxes for such purpose unless the
tax for TINT purpose be actually levied, and then
only bv an exchange OF q warrant drawn upon
tlu proper fund, to bo paid out Of the tuxrs
when cui}cctci: lint bY making this
cxchnnce lie city cannot lawfully i1leur pnv
liability, but Tie holder Of thc warrant must
rey solely upou tho ability and fidelity Of tho
roycnue ot1]ccrs In The collection md payment
Of the money mentioned 10 the warrant.
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"tAn 10 ooth "o.us ~ WIZ. ,....s. W. -. ~.
unon tno .aes o' ". M warta ~ o''u mUu.n