Quincy v. Jackson

Syllabus

<p>A provision in a city charter, -which confers power on the city council to levy and collect taxes annually on real and personal property, to pay debts and meet the general expenses of the city, not exceeding fifty cents on each hundred dollars, relates only to debts and expenses for ordinary municipal purposes; and not to those debts and expenses which can be incurred only by special legislative authority.</p> <p>An act authorizing a municipal corporation to incur a debt for the purpose of subscribing to the stock o£ a railroad company, confers authority to levy taxes for the payment of the debt in excess of limit of taxation authorized by law for ordinary municipal purposes. United States v. Macon Coimty, 99 U. S. 5S2, distinguished from this case.</p>