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COLER v. CLEBURNE

No. 728.

131 U.S. 162 (1889)

COLER v. CLEBURNE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1889.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.S. Herndon for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James W. Brown for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Article 422 of the statute provides that the bonds shall be signed by the mayor. This clearly means that they shall be signed by the person who is mayor of the city when they are signed, and not by any other person. The legislature having declared who shall sign them, it was not open to the city council to provide that they should be signed...

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