Municipal Control of Public Utilities : A Study of the Attitude of Our Courts Toward an Increase of the Sphere of Municipal Activity / Oscar Lewis Pond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pond, Oscar Lewis, author.

Series:

Studies in History, Economics, and Public Law

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1906]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Outlines both the nature of the city organization as expressed in the law and the construction placed by the courts on the powers given to cities to discover the limitations on municipal activity.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

I. Introduction

II. The Two Capacities of Municipal Corporations

III. Construction of Municipal Charters

IV. The Implied Powers of Municipal Corporations

V. What are Municipal Purposes within the Meaning of the Constitution

VI. Exemption from Taxation of Municipal Property

VII. Sale of Municipal Property Providing Public Utilities

VIII. Power to Grant Exclusive Franchises

IX. Municipal Regulation of Rates for Public Utilities

X. Conclusions

List of Authorities

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88681-0

OCLC:

981059645