Waters v. Mayor of Laurel

Citations

• 48 A. 499
• 93 Md. 221
• 1901 Md. LEXIS 23

Syllabus

<p>Construction of an Act Authorizing a Municipality to Issue Bonds— Omission of Name in One Section.</p> <p>' The title of the Act of 1900, ch. 169, is : “An Act to authorize and empower the Mayor and City Council of Laurel to borrow money on the credit of said town for the purpose of constructing water-works” etc. The first section of the Act provided that ‘ ‘for the purpose of establishing, constructing and maintaining water-works, etc., the Mayor and City Council be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow money,” etc. The words “of Laurel” are omitted after the words “City Council” in this section, but in other sections, relating to the same subject-matter, the municipality is named as the Mayor and City Council of Laurel. Plaintiff, a taxpayer of the town, filed a bill to enjoin the issue of bonds as authorized by the Act, alleging that the omission of the name ‘ ‘Laurel’ ’ in the first section thereof rendered the same invalid. Held, that the Act must be construed as a whole, including its title, and that so construed it confers the power in question upon the Mayor and City Council of Laurel</p>