Robertson v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Robertson v. Board of Supervisors, 112 Miss. 54 (Miss. 1916)
72 So. 852
Smith
Robertson v. Board of Supervisors
Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the court.
Chapter 424, Laws of 1916, does not violate section 90, par. L of the Constitution, for the reason that it does not provide for the “laying out, opening, altering and working roads and highways,” hut for the raising of revenue with with to pay for the working of roads and highways, the method by which they have been or are to be laid out, opened, altered, and worked being governed by the general laws relating thereto.
Affirmed,
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- Robertson v. Board of Supervisors of Leflore County
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- Statutes. Local and special acts. Highway improvements. Powers of hoard. Laws 1916, chapter 424, providing for the issuance of bonds to pay for the improvement of public roads in Leflore county does, not violate section 90, paragraph L, of the state Constitution, for the reason that it does not provide for the laying out, opening, altering and working roads and highways, but for the raising of revenue with which to pay for the working of roads and highways, the method by which they have been or are to be laid out, opened, altered and worked,being governed by the general laws relating thereto.