City of Savannah v. Kelly

Citations

• 108 U.S. 184
• 2 S. Ct. 468
• 27 L. Ed. 696
• 1883 U.S. LEXIS 1022

Syllabus

<p>Municipal Corporations — Statutes, Construction of — Repeal of.</p> <p>1. A statute which authorized a municipal corporation “ to obtain money on loan on the faith and credit of said city for the purpose of contributing to works of internal improvement,” is npt repealed by implication by a subsequent statute which, reciting that doubts had arisen respecting bonds theretofore issued, enacted that “all bonds heretofore issued by the con- . stituted authorities of the city are valid,' and from and after the passage of this act, the mayor and aldermen of the city, upon a recommendation of a public meeting of the citizens called for that purpose, shall have power ;and authority to cause bonds to be issued and disposed of in such manner as they may direct, for purpbses of internal improvement.”</p> <p>2. A statute authorizing a municipal corporation to obtain money bn loan on the faith and credit of the city,' for the purpose of contributing to works of internal improvement, authorizes the municipality to guarantee the payment of the bonds of a railway company.</p>