Brown v. Village of Grangeville

Citations

• 8 Idaho 784
• 71 P. 151
• 1903 Ida. LEXIS 1

Syllabus

<p>“Towns” and “Villages” Synonymous Teems — Towns and Villages — Sufficiency of Ballots foe Bonding Villages.- — -Under section 1, article 12, of the constitution, providing that “the legislature shall provide by general laws for the incorporation, organization and classification of the cities and towns, in proportion to the population, which laws may be altered, amended, or repealed by the general laws,” and section 1 of the act approved Pebruary 2, 1899, entitled “An act to provide for the issue and sale of municipal coupon bonds, by incorporated cities and towns,” etc., which provides “that every city or town incorporated under the laws of the territory of Idaho, or of the state of Idaho, shall have power and authority to issue municipal coupon bonds,” held, that a village organized under the general laws is included within the word “town.” The legislature have used the words “town” and “village” as synonymous terms. Section 2 of the act approved February 2, 1899, above cited, providing a form of ballot to be used at village elections in voting upon, the proposition of issuing, municipal bonds, is valid, and provides a sufficient form of ballot for such purpose.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>