Terry v. King County

Citations

• 43 Wash. 61
• 86 P. 210
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 652

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — Constitutional Law — Corporate Powers — Privileges — Special Acts — Municipal Corporations. Laws 1903, p. 209, conferring upon certain counties and. cities the power to creat indebtedness for armory sites not theretofore authorized, confers corporate powers, within the meaning of Const., art. 2, § 28, prohibiting the legislature from enacting any private or special laws for the granting of corporate powers or privleges, since said section applies to powers conferred on municipal as well as private corporations.</p> <p>Same — Special Laws — Corporate Powers and Privileges. Laws 1903, p. 209, ch. 115, appropriating certain sums for the construction of armories in three specified cities, and authorizing such cities, and the counties wherein they are located, to incur indebtedness and issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing sites and assisting in the construction of armories, which are to belong to the state, is a special act conferring corporate powers or privileges on such municipal corporations, in violation of Const., art. 2, § 28.</p>