An Economic Analysis of the Constitutional Restrictions Upon Public Indebtedness in the United StatesUniversity of Wisconsin, 1914 - 131 strani |
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... Iowa on the lending of credit given in some detail . The chapter closes with a general summary of the peo- ple's attitude toward municipal debt and with a statement of the shape it assumed in constitutional restrictions . Part II ...
... Iowa on the lending of credit given in some detail . The chapter closes with a general summary of the peo- ple's attitude toward municipal debt and with a statement of the shape it assumed in constitutional restrictions . Part II ...
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... Iowa which entered the Union in that year . The former fixed the maximum debt without popular approval at one million dollars and forbade the state to lend its credit to any pri- vate individual , corporation , or association ; while ...
... Iowa which entered the Union in that year . The former fixed the maximum debt without popular approval at one million dollars and forbade the state to lend its credit to any pri- vate individual , corporation , or association ; while ...
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... Iowa , Illinois , and California required popular votes ranging from a majority to two - thirds ; while Louisiana required no vote at all , and Wisconsin a legislative majority . In four states , New Hampshire , Vermont , Connecticut ...
... Iowa , Illinois , and California required popular votes ranging from a majority to two - thirds ; while Louisiana required no vote at all , and Wisconsin a legislative majority . In four states , New Hampshire , Vermont , Connecticut ...
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... Iowa , 1857 . Kansas , 1859 . 100 to 250 100 ( 1855 ) ( 5 ) 500 ( 1857 ) ( 5 ) $ 300 300 ( 3 ) Kentucky , 1890 . Louisiana , 1898 . 100 ( 1858 ) ( 5 ) 1,000 ( 1859 ) ( 5 ) 500 $ 500 100 ( 1845 ) ( 3 ) 100 ( 1852 ) ( 3 ) $ 100 ( 1864 ) ...
... Iowa , 1857 . Kansas , 1859 . 100 to 250 100 ( 1855 ) ( 5 ) 500 ( 1857 ) ( 5 ) $ 300 300 ( 3 ) Kentucky , 1890 . Louisiana , 1898 . 100 ( 1858 ) ( 5 ) 1,000 ( 1859 ) ( 5 ) 500 $ 500 100 ( 1845 ) ( 3 ) 100 ( 1852 ) ( 3 ) $ 100 ( 1864 ) ...
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... Iowa , 1857 . ( 100 to 250 ) ; ( 100 to Kansas , 1859 ... 1,000 ) Michigan , 1908 .. 50 Nebraska 1875 .. 50 100 Penn . , 1873 .. 750 Texas , 1876 . 100 1,000 200 250 TABLE C No limit No provision Other than fixed amounts State Date of ...
... Iowa , 1857 . ( 100 to 250 ) ; ( 100 to Kansas , 1859 ... 1,000 ) Michigan , 1908 .. 50 Nebraska 1875 .. 50 100 Penn . , 1873 .. 750 Texas , 1876 . 100 1,000 200 250 TABLE C No limit No provision Other than fixed amounts State Date of ...
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Stran 15 - ... unless the same shall be authorized by some law for some single object or work, to be distinctly specified therein, which law shall provide ways and means, exclusive of loans, for the payment of the interest of such debt or liability as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt or liability within twenty years from the time of the contracting thereof...
Stran 73 - ... operation and administration (including interest on bonds issued therefor, and the cost of insurance against loss by injury to persons or property), and an annual amount to be covered into a sinking fund sufficient to pay, at or before maturity, all bonds issued on account of said undertaking, all such bonds outstanding shall be included in determining the limitation of the power to incur indebtedness, unless the principal and interest thereof be made payable exclusively from the receipts of...
Stran 15 - No such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it, at such election.
Stran 72 - ... any debt hereafter incurred by the city of New York for a public improvement owned or to be owned by the city, which yields to the city current net revenue, after making any necessary allowance for repairs and maintenance for which the city is liable, in excess of the interest on said...
Stran 14 - The Legislature shall not in any manner create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities which shall, singly or in the aggregate, with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, except in case of war, to repel invasion or suppress insurrection...
Stran 61 - Taxes are defined to be burdens or charges imposed by the legislative power upon persons or property, to raise money for public purposes.
Stran 73 - ... not exceeding five years from the date of such election, whenever and for so long as such undertaking fails to produce sufficient revenue to pay for cost of operation and administration (including interest on bonds issued therefor, and the cost of insurance against loss by injury to persons or property), and an annual amount to be covered into a sinking fund sufficient to pay, at or before maturity, all bonds issued on account of said undertaking...
Stran 62 - ... compensation therefor be first made in money, or first secured by a deposit of money, to the owner, irrespective of any benefit from any improvement proposed by such corporation : which compensation shall be ascertained by a jury of twelve men, in a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law. 6. The General Assembly shall provide for the organization of cities, incorporated villages, by general laws...
Stran 71 - This section shall not be construed to prevent the issuing of certificates of indebtedness or revenue bonds issued in anticipation of the collection of taxes for amounts actually contained, or to be contained in the taxes for the year when such certificates or revenue bonds are issued and payable out of such taxes.
Stran 58 - We perceive, therefore, that the term 'public purposes,' as employed to denote the objects for which taxes may be levied, has no relation to the urgency of the public need, or to the extent of the public benefit which is to follow. It is, on the other hand, merely a term of classification, to distinguish the object for which, according to settled usage, the government is to provide, from those which, by the like usage, are left to private inclination, interest or liberality.