Wiggin v. City of Lewiston

Citations

• 8 Idaho 527
• 69 P. 286
• 1902 Ida. LEXIS 36

Syllabus

<p>Charter of City — May be Amended. — A city may amend its charter by a legislative enactment, prescribing time and manner of conducting the elections in the city for city purposes.</p> <p>City Election — Property Qualification. — It may also prescribe a property qualification for all voters otherwise eligible to vote at any election creating an indebtedness against city.</p> <p>Same — Percentage of Property as Basis of Bond Issue — Constitution Construed. — An act of the legislature amending the charter of a city, providing that fifteen per cent of the entire property of the city, both personal and real, may be considered as the basis for issuing bonds for municipal improvements, wherein it is provided that bonds shall not be issued in excess of fifteen per cent of the taxable property as shown by the assessment of the preceding year, is a local or special law, but is not in conflict with the state constitution.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the court.)</p>