Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. City of Topeka

Citations

• 95 Kan. 747
• 149 P. 697
• 1915 Kan. LEXIS 287

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Cities —• Taxation — Creating a $25,000 Reserve Fund — Construction of Statute. The provision of the act of 1907 providing for commission form of government of cities (Laws 1907, ch. 114, § 112, Gen. Stat. 1909, § 1328) concerning a levy of taxes to create a reserve fund, is construed to mean merely an authorization to set apart out of the general revenue fund a sum not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars to be kept on hand to meet contingent expenses properly and legally payable and occurring by reason of some unforeseen disaster or extraordinary emergency.</p>