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Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 58

ISBN-13: 9781331206910

Excerpt from Opinions of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Michigan: In the Case of the People Ex Rel; The Detroit and Howell Railroad Company Vs; The Township Board of Salem; Mandamus; April Term, A. D. 1870 at Detroit The act of 1864, under which the proceedings in question were taken, provides that it shall be lawful for each of the several townships in the counties of Livingston, Oakland, Washtenaw, and Wayne, to pledge their credit to aid in the construction of a railroad from some point near the city of Detroit to the village of Howell, for such sum or sums not exceeding five per centum of the assessed valuation for the time being of the real and personal property in such township as the electors of such township shall, at a meeting or meetings called for that purpose, determine. The electors, it is also provided, may at such meeting or meetings, determine the terms, conditions, manner of executing the securities, and other particulars in regard to such pledge of credit, or they may empower some township officer or committee of electors to determine the same; and in case of no such determination or delegation of power to an officer or committee, then the several township boards of such townships are severally given power to determine all such particulars: Provided, That the amount of bonds that shall become due in any one year shall not exceed two per centum of the assessed valuation of such township at the time of issuing the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.