...alliance between public 48. and private interest is clearly 35. Const. Mo. 1875, art. IV, 428 §186 or upon the inhabitants or property thereof for county, city, town or other municipal purposes, but such power is to be vested in the corporate authorities.30 Nor shall the legislature have power to...

...section of the constitution Is as follows: "The legislature shall have no power to impose taxes against counties, cities, towns or other public or municipal corporations, or upon the Inhabitants of property thereof, for county, city, town or other municipal purposes, but may, by general laws,...

...the petitioner is in violation of section 12 of Article XI of the Constitution which provides that "the legislature shall have no power to impose taxes...thereof, for county, city, town, or other municipal puposes, but may, by general laws, vest in the corporate authorities thereof, the power to assess and...

...the petitioner is in violation of section 12 of Article XI of the Constitution which provides that "the legislature shall have no power to impose taxes...thereof, for county, city, town, or other municipal puposes, but may, by general laws, vest in the corporate authorities thereof, the power to assess and...

...corporations for local purposes but may vest the corporate authorities thereof with authority so to do : The Legislature shall have no power to impose taxes upon counties, cities, towns, or other municipal corporations, or upon the inhabitants or property thereof, for county, city, town, or other...

...The second point of contention is raised under section 12 of article XI of the constitution, which is as follows: "The legislature shall have no power to...power to assess and collect taxes for such purposes." It is claimed that a school district comes within the application of this section, and that taxes for...

...village in the district. That the voters of each of such cities, towns or villages cannot confer upon the corporate authorities thereof the power to assess and collect taxes for the payment of a greater indebtedness to be incurred by such city, town or village than the five per...

...municipal corporations may be vested with authority to assess and collect taxes (art. 7, § 9), and that the legislature "shall have no power to impose taxes" upon counties, cities, etc., or upon the inhabitants or property thereof, for county, city, town, or other municipal purposes,...

...controlled by other sections of the constitution and code provisions. Section 12 of article XI of the constitution reads as follows: "The legislature shall...power to assess and collect taxes for such purposes. " It will be observed that section 6 of article IX of the constitution as amended enlarges the power...

...therefore, said act does not violate the inhibition of said section of the constitution, which provides that the legislature shall have no power to impose taxes...corporations, or upon the inhabitants or property thsreof, "for county, city, town or other municipal purposes." [6] ID. — INAUGURATION OF PROCEEDINGS...