No county, city, town, township, or other municipality, shall ever become subscriber to the capital stock of any railroad or private corporation, or make donation to or loan its credit in aid of, such corporation: Provided, however, that the adoption... Federal Decisions: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme, Circuit and ... - Page 3881884Full view - About this book
| Illinois, Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional history - 1870 - 64 pages
...highest in votes shall be declared elected. MUNICIPAL SUBSCRIPTIONS TO RAILROAD OR PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. No county, city, town, township, or other municipality,...people of such municipalities prior to such adoption. CANAL. The Illinois and Michigan Canal shall never be sold or leased until the specific proposition... | |
| Law - 1882 - 624 pages
...stock of any railroad or private corporation or make donations to or loan its credit in aid of any such corporation; provided, however, that the adoption...people of such municipalities prior to such adoption." In Town of Concord v. Portsmouth Savings Bunk, 92 US 625, we held that donation* by counties or other... | |
| Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1870 - 1074 pages
...construed as affecting the rigto of any such municipality to make such subscriptions when the same have bea authorized, under existing laws, by a vote of the people of such municipalitia prior to such adoption. This section shall be submitted to the legal voters of this State... | |
| Law - 1884 - 550 pages
...stock of, or make a donation to, any railroad company, except when such subscription or donation had been authorized under existing laws, by a vote of the people of the municipality prior to the adoption of the Constitution, and as by reason of the defect just mentioned,... | |
| Illinois - Constitutional law - 1870 - 50 pages
...highest in votes shall be declared elected. Municipal Subscription* to Railroad or Private Corporations. No county, city, town, township, or other municipality,...people of such municipalities prior to such adoption. Canal. The Illinois and Michigan Canal shall never be sold or leased until the specific proposition... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1871 - 822 pages
...that the adoption of this article shall not he construed as affecting the right of any municipnlity to make such subscriptions where the same have been...people of such municipalities prior to such adoption. Two other matters which occupied a good deal of attention, and were also submitted to separate votes,... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1871 - 816 pages
...construed as afl'ectiug the right of any municipality to make such subscriptions where the samo hove b'een authorized, under existing laws, by a vote of...people of such municipalities prior to such adoption. Two other matters which occupied a good deal of attention, and were also submitted to separate votes,... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...government, and for no other purposes whatever. Municipal subscriptions to railroads or private corporations. No county, city, town, township, or other municipality,...of the people of such municipalities prior to such adoptions. Canal. HAND-BOOK OP POLITICS. by a majority of all the votes polled at such ! election.... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1872 - 248 pages
...government, and for no other purposes whatever. Municipal subscriptions to railroads or private corporations. No county, city, town, township, or other municipality,...of the people of such municipalities prior to such adoptions. Canal. HAND-BOOK OF POLITICS. by a majority of all the votes polled at such election. The... | |
| Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...government, and for no other purposes whatever. Municipal subscriptions to railroads or private corporations. No county, city, town,, township, or other municipality,...of the people of such municipalities prior to such adoptions. Canal. by a majority of ail the votes polled at such election. The General Assembly shall... | |
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