...the purpose of securing loans heretofore extended to certain railroad corporations by the State. § 14. The General Assembly shall not authorize any county,...election to be held therein, shall assent thereto. § 15. The General Assembly shall have no power, for any purpose whatever, to release the lien held...

...corporation shall become a stockholder in any banking corporation, directly or indirectly. lotea, 191. — The General Assembly shall not authorize any county,...election to be held therein, shall assent thereto Mo.. 3G2. — The Legislature shall not authorize any county, city, borough, township, or corporate...

...county, city or town, "to loan its credit to any company, association or corporation, unless two thirds of the qualified voters of such county, city or town,...election to be held therein, shall assent thereto," and a statute making two thirds of the qualified voters voting sufficient, was declared repugnant to...

...Constitution Of Mississippi, adopted December 1, 1869, provided as follows (art. 12, § 14) : "The Legislature shall not authorize any county, city, or town to become a stockholder in, or to lend its credit to any company, association, or corporation, unless two-thirds of the qualified voters...

...Constitution prohibits such a subscription, unless two-thirds of the qualified voters of the * * * town, at a regular or special election to be held therein, shall assent thereto." The court qnotes with approval the construction placed by the same tribunal in 16 Wall, upon the clanse...

...2,800 00 • 4,800 00 i, ' i. 76,800 00 $576,800 00 CHAPTER CLXXVI. An Act to authorize and provide Jor any County, City or Town, to become a Stockholder in, or to loan its credit to any Company, Corporation or Association. SEC. 2. That one hundred free-holders in a county, or twenty.rfive in a...

...company. Subsequently a new state constitution was adopted, which provided that the legislature should not authorize "any county, city, or town to become...qualified voters of such county, city, or town, at a 150 AMERICAN RAILWAY REPORTS. Stale of Missouri r. Saline County Court. regular or special election...

...DEBTS.— By art. 10, sec. 14 of the Constitution of Missouri, the General Assembly is forbidden to authorize any county, city or town to become a stockholder in, or lend its credit to any «ompany, association or corporation, unless twothirds of the qualified voters...

...be made." § I. The clause of the new constitution, referred to, is as follows : " The legislature shall not authorize any county, city, or town, to become a stockholder in, or to lend its credit to any company, association, or corporation, unless twothirds of the qualified voters...

...constitutional provision which prohibits the enactment of any law authorizing a municipal corporation to become a stockholder in, or to loan its credit to any company or corporation except under prescribed conditions, <loes not prohibit the passage of an act authorizing...