A Treatise on the Law of Municipal Corporations, Volume 1

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Callaghan, 1911 - 6425 halaman

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First municipal institutions 20
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THE ANCIENT CITIES 10 Semitic cities 22
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Samewalls gates and open places
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Cities of Ancient Egypt 2729
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SameMemphis 29
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Same Thebes 30
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Cities of ancient Chaldaea and AssyriaMesopota mia 32
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Ancient Nineveh
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Other Assyrian cities 3435
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Cities of Babylonia 3536
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Nebuchadnezzars Capital 3639
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BorsippaOpisSusaTyreSidon Jerusalem 39
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Nature of Babylonian culture and fall of Babylon 4043
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PhoeniciaSidon 4345
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Carthaginian supremacy 4547
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Greece 4750
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The Greek CityAthens 5153
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The Greek Ideal of a perfect civic life 5455
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Municipal institutions of ancient Rome 55
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Samepreponderance of cities and towns and civic communities 5758
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City of ancient Rome and its municipal activities 5864
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The Roman conception of a municipal corporation 6467
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feudal system 68
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Same general condition of towns 69
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The feudal system and its effect on municipal insti tutions 7072
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French communities during the middle ages 7375
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Charter privileges to French communities 7577
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Commune distinguished from borough 7778
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Medieval Flanders and Holland
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Municipal institutions in early Spain 7982
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Cities of ancient Mexico 8284
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The Incas empireCuzcoLima 84
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DEVELOPMENT OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND 43 Practical importance of such knowledge 8586
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General outline of local government in England 8693
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The English municipal corporation 93
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The Teutonic farmer commonwealths planted in early England 9597
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Municipal institutions in England under Roman dominion 9799
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The early English borough and its influence on lo cal selfgovernment 99102
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The granting of charters to communities in early England 103106
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The Great Charter 106108
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First municipal corporation in Englandcharter to KingstonUponHull 108112
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Subsequent granting of municipal charters 113115
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Secs Pages 53 Control of local corporations by the crownjudi cial forfeiture of charters 115
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Purposes and effect of early English municipal cor porations 117120
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Municipal government under feudal charters in England 121
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The guilds or fraternitiesstruggle of the town for freedom 122125
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Decadence of municipal government in England prior to the Reform Act 126129
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The English Municipal Corporation Reform Act 129131
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English municipal corporations under the reform act 132137
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Modern English borough 137
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Grant of powers to local authorities and the meth ods of central control 138140
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA 62 The power of government is in the people 141
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Origin of American institutions 142
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The three general types of local government 143
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The township and county 145
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The New England and western township contrasted 146
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The municipal corporation proper 148
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Organs of local government as public quasicorpo rations
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Local selfgovernment is recognized under our sys temits benefit 152156
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The value of local selfgovernmentviews of emi nent public men 157159
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Secs Pages 72 General progress making 160162
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Government of modern Prussian citiesBerlin Hamburg 162167
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Vienna 168
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Budapest 169
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Copenhagen Stockholm and Christiana
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Modern municipal government in France 172174
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Paris 174176
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Cities of Belgium 176
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Cities of Switzerland 178
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Modern municipal problems in EnglandBirming hamLiverpoolManchester 179182
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London 182186
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Modern municipal government in ScotlandGlas gow Edinburgh 187189
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MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNITED STATES ITS NATURE AND COMPLEX CHARACTER ENUMERATION OF CER TAIN DEF...
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Samerapid increase of urban population 191193
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Samerapid increase of urban population in the United States 193203
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Public and private character of municipal adminis tration 203206
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The municipal corporation is a governmental insti tution created to spend not to make money Its purpose is political not business 207211
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Nature and scope of municipal administration indi cated 211
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Elements of the problem of municipal government
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Samecommission plan 217219
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Sameautocratic mayor 219220
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The true conception of governmentimportance of form of municipal organization 220222
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Difficulties of material improvement 223225
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Education in the science of municipal government 225227
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The use of public powers for private advantage 227230
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Proper performance of civic obligations 230235
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Failure to separate state and national politics from local public issues 235238
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State interference with municipal affairscities should be free and selfgoverning 238241
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CHAPTER 2
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The corporation describedvarious definitions 243
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The corporation is distinct from its members 245247
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Elements of the corporation enumerated 247
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Common law powers of the corporation
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Municipal corporation defined 253258
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What included in the term municipal corporation 259265
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The state as a municipal corporation 265
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Corporation for municipal purposes 266269
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Municipal corporations distinguished from quasi corporations 269272
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How municipal corporations differ from counties 272277
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Municipal corporations distinguished from school districts 277280
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School districts have statutory powers only 280281
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Secs Pages 115 The New England town contrasted with the mu nicipal corporation 281285
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People and place necessary to constitute a corpora tion 286
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Membership in a municipal corporation 288
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Elements of the municipal corporation enumerated 289290
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Origin of private municipal capacity 290
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CHAPTER 3
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Creation in England 293294
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Power to create vested in state 294296
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Creation by general or special actthe method pre scribed to be followed
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The congress has power to create corporations
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IN GENERALRESTRICTIONS CONSIDERED
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Early corporations created by special actsevil effects 300
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General incorporation laws required and special acts usually forbidden 301305
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Creation under constitutional provisions 305308
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Effect of general statutes on special charters 308310
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Special chartered cities and towns may incorpo rate under the general laws 310312
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Surrender of special charter and organizing under general lawseffect on municipal government 312314
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Classification 314318
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CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS
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Advancement and reduction in class or grade 318320
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ORGANIZING UNDER GENERAL LAWS 133 Compliance with statutory provisions in general irregularities 320322
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Secs Pages 134 Sameillustrative cases 322324
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Same subject 324
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Incorporation by court 325327
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Same subject 327329
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Separate bodies possessing concurrent jurisdiction
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Same statutory provisions 330
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The petition for incorporationsufficiency 332334
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Samequalification of signers 334
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Sameright to withdraw signatures 335
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Notice of pendency of proceedings to incorporate 336
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Hearing of application for incorporation 337338
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Court order of incorporation 338339
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Election on creation and change of boundaries 339341
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Sameofficial action thereon
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Doctrine of implication 344346
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De facto corporations 347348
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State recognition 349351
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Acceptance of charter 351354
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Proof of corporate existencejudicial notice pleading 355357
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Same 358359
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Samehow incorporation proved 359360
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Samelocation of corporation 360362
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Questioning creationquo warrantocertiorari 362
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Same 365367
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Constitutional provisions 367368
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Sametitle to actillustrative cases 368370
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Same subject 370
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Same subject 371
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CHAPTER 4
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Laws of a general nature shall have a uniform
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Legislature may exercise compulsory authority
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Local selfgovernment is recognized and sought
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Secs Pages
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State may regulate selection of municipal officers 403
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Sameillustrative cases of state and municipal
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Same
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Legislative control of officers and their functions
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Legislature may change corporate boundaries 423
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Special and local laws relating to municipal corpo
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Same subject 463465
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Tests to distinguish general from special or local law 465467
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Same subject
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Judicial methods of testing classification 468
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Same subject 469
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Population as a basis for classification 471472
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Act applicable to one city or object only 472474
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Sameillustrative cases 474476
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Tests of classificationillustrative cases 476478
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Same subjectjustification for and relation of classification to purpose of the legislation 478481
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Cases illustrating general laws as distinguished from special or local laws 482484
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Laws applicable to municipal corporations of a class 484
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Secs Pages 211 The legislature cannot divide or add classes 485486
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Special or local laws to take effect on event of fu ture contingency or within limited time 486492
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Samelocal option laws 492494
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Curative acts as special or local laws 494
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Laws to give effect to constitutional provisions
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Changing special municipal charters
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Summary of principles applied to test the validity of classification 498
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LEGISLATIVE CONTROL OF CORPORATE PROPERTY 219 Legislative control of corporate propertygeneral consideration 500503
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Samewater works 503505
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Same parks
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Samewharves
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Samemiscellaneous corporate property 509511
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Sametransfer to another class of public officers 511
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Samegeneral doctrine stated 512
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CHAPTER 5
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Power delegated to municipal corporations to reg ulate streets 518521
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Sameright is public 522524
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LEGISLATIVE CONTROL OF FUNDS AND REVENUES 230 Legislative control of funds and revenue 524
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Same subject 526528
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Secs Pages
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Legislative power to compel the levy of taxes 535
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Same subjecthours of laborvalidating contract 542544
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Result of absence of affirmative constitutional pro
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Right of local selfgovernment exists without
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Sameamendment
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Change of name
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CHAPTER 6
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Sufficiency of seal
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CHAPTER 7
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Presumption arising from long acquiescence in
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Samereference to bodies of water
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Special acts affecting boundaries generally forbid
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Secs Pages
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Discretion in submitting question of extension
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Same definitions of platted lots blocks 621623
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Reasonableness of annexationcontiguous or
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Detachment of municipal territory 633636
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Samesufficiency of ordinance 639
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Sameplat or plan of property to be annexed
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Secs Pages 288 Sameaction to test validity of proceeding 649
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Same subjectpresumptionsacquiescence 651653
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Samecollateral attack on annexation proceedings 653657
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Samereview 657659
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Defects may be cured
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Condition of public property and debts after change apportionment 662665
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Taxation and exemptions on change of limits 665668
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Municipal subdivisions and wards 668671
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Same subject 671673
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CHAPTER 8
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What changes will not constitute dissolution
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Repeal of charter may destroy 678680
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Inhabitants may not dissolvenonuser 680682
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Failure to elect officers will not dissolve 682684
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May be dissolved only by statemethod 685688
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Dissolution under the English law 688
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Dissolution under the Roman law
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Courts have no inherent power to declare forfei ture of charter 691692
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Effect of judgment of ouster on quo warranto 692
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Rights of creditors of extinct corporation pro tectedcommon law rule rejected 693697
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Dissolution of illegal corporation de jure successor liable 697
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Extinguishing by dividinglegislative apportion ment of property and debts 698700
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Sameillustrative cases 701703
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Absorption by annexation or consolidation 703705
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Dissolution and reorganizationnew is successor of old when 706711
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Samesuspension of governmental functionsre vival 711713
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Dissolution without substitution 714716
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CHAPTER 9
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CHARTERS OF VARIOUS CITIES CHICAGO SAN FRAN CISCO LOS ANGELES GREATER NEW YORK GALVESTON AND DES MOINES 4 P...
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Various definitions of charters 720
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Municipal charter defined and described 721
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Same subjectcontains the municipal powers and prescribes the form of organization 722725
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Secs Pages 322 Samethe scope of the functions of municipal gov ernment
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Constitutional and legislative municipal charters 726728
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Special municipal powers in California
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MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION OF ST LOUIS 325 Characteristic features of a constitutional charter St Louis 729731
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Samegeneral outline of municipal government and relation of the city to the state 732
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Powers and responsibility of officers under the St Louis charter 733735
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Mayor authorized to approve only such appointees as mentioned in the charter 735736
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Department of public improvementsapproval of appointees 736
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Samelegislative interpretation of presidents supervision 737738
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Mayors general supervisory control 738739
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Conclusions as to approval of appointees in the de partment of public improvements 739741
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General functions of the council
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Should the mayor be given ore power? 742
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CHARTERS OF VARIOUS CITIESCHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO LOS ANGELES GREATER NEW YORK GALVESTON AND DES MOINES 336 ...
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Charter of San Francisco 747749
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Charter of Los Angeles 749751
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Municipal organization of Greater New York 751756
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Secs Pages 340 Commission planGalveston 756758
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The Des Moines plan of city government 758760
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Proof of charterjudicial notice 760
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Construction of charter 761
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Same subject 763765
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Legislature may amend and repeal municipal char ters 765767
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Direct amendment of constitutional charters 767769
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Same subject 769771
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Indirect or legislative amendment of constitution al charters 771773
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Amendments forbidden by special or local laws 773775
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CHAPTER 10
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Scope of charter 777
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Usual powers 778779
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General rule as to municipal powers stated 779785
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Rules of construction 786788
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Same subjectreasonable construction 788790
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in the enactment of ordinances 791
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Construction of power to regulate 792
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IMPLIED OR INCIDENTAL POWERS 357 General rule as to implied or incidental powers stated 794796
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Implied powers are confined to municipal affairs 796798
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Cannot engage in private business
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Implied power to enact ordinances 799
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Implied powers respecting offices and officers 800802
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Implied powers as to police and sanitary regula tions
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Appropriations as donations forbidden 803
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Appropriations for celebrations entertainments etc void 804806
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Bounties to soldiers 806809
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Expenditures to obtain or oppose legislation 809
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Miscellaneous illustrations of implied powers 810813
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Same subject 814
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CHAPTER 11
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Same subject 817819
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EXECUTION OF POWERS 371 Method of exercise of powers 819821
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Same subject 821823
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When ordinance necessary to exercise power 823
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Same subjectlegislative or executive powers
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Same subjectselfenforcing charter provisions
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Judiciary will not control the exercise of discre tionary powers 826
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Same subject 827830
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Limitation of rule of nonjudicial interference 831833
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Secs Pages
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Public powers cannot be surrendered or delegated 839842
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Legislative authority cannot be delegated 846848
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Ministerial duties may be delegated 852854
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SPECIAL OR PARTICULAR AND MISCELLA
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Subscription to stock of private corporations 871874
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Sale of liquordispensary laws
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corporations 883
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Wharvesownership of land 884
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Municipal corporation cannot abdicate control of wharves
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Batture
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Same subjectnature of wharfage 888890
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Wharfage charge as an interference with interstate commerce
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Character of public ferries 892897
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Lease and operation of ferries 897
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License and taxation of ferries etc 898
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License for privilege of navigationregulating or interfering with foreign or interstate commerce 899901
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Power to construct and maintain municipal bridges over navigable waters 902906
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