Blaine v. City of Seattle
Citations
- 62 Wash. 445
- 114 P. 164
- 1911 Wash. LEXIS 724
Syllabus
<p>Municipal Cobpoeations — Indebtedness—Bonds—Submission to Votebs — Distinct Peopositions. Under const, art. 8, § 6, providing that no city shall become indebted in excess of one and one-half per cent of the taxable property without the assent of three-fifths of the voters therein voting at an election held for that purpose, a city cannot submit to the voters a bond issue to raise money for several distinct purposes, in no way related to each other, in such a way that the voters must vote for or against all the propositions; “assent” meaning that the voters shall freely express their approval of each of the various objects sought.</p>
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