Love v. Board of Supervisors

Citations

• 111 Miss. 802
• 72 So. 230

Syllabus

<p>1. Highways. Powers of officers. Bonds. Separate improvements. Elections. Ballot. Sufficiency.</p> <p>Chapter 257, Law 1912, provides a method for working all the roads of a county or district, while chapter 176, Laws 1914, provides a method for constructing and maintaining, not roads generally, but specially selected highways. There is no conflict therefore, between the object sought to be accomplished by the two statutes. The money realized from the sale of bonds under chapter 257, Laws 1912, can be used in constructing all of the roads of a county or district; but the money realized from the sale of bonds under chapter 176, Laws of 1914, can be used only in constructing and maintaining the highways selected in accordance with that statute, and though the board of supervisors had elected to work the roads of the county under Laws 1912, chapter 257, this did not prevent their issuing bonds under Laws of 1914, chapter 176, though the aggregate bonds issued under both statutes exceeded the limit provided for in either method.</p> <p>2. Highways. Improvement. Election. Ballot. Sufficiency.</p> <p>In an election for issuance of bonds authorized by Laws 1914, chapter 176, the omission from the ballot of the words “of the assessed value” was not important.</p>