...November 1912] It shall be the duty of the legislature, and they are hereby empowered to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages,...contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so as lo prevent abuses in assessments and taxation, and in contracting debts by such municipal corporations....

...[Original form] It shall be the duty of the legislature, and Ihey are hereby empowered. 10 provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages,...assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts and loaning iheir credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and taxation, and in contracting debts by such...

...[Origtnai jorm] h shall be the duly of the legislature, and they arc hereby empowered, lo provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages,...their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contraciing debts and loaning their credit, so as lo prevent abuses in assessments and taxation, and...

...XI, Section 3) It shall be the duty of the legislature, and they are hereby empowered, to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation . . . A new section of the Constitution, ratified by the electorate in 1871, set the stage for the...

...they are hereby empowered, to provide Tor the organization of cities and incorporated villages, and lo restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing...and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses is [sic] assessments and taxation, and in contracting debts by such municipal corporations. [Amended...

...Assembly shall provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages by general laws, and restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing...contracting debts and loaning their credit, so as to prevent the abuse of such powers.' This command was fairly well obeyed for several years. Then, what seemed...

...assembly shall provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages, by general laws, and restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing...contracting debts, and loaning their credit so as to prevent the abuse of such power." It is very clear, that this constitutional mandate cannot be enforced according...

...the present constitution of providing for the organization of cities and villages and of restricting their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money,...debts and loaning their credit so as to prevent abuses and to protect future generations, and to add the power and duty of providing for villages becoming...

...circumstances, is expressly recognized. Section thirty-seven of Article IV provides as follows : " It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the...villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessments, borrowing money, contracting debts and loaning their credit, so as to prevent abuses in...

...requiring the establishment of a system of county and town governments, they further provided : " It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the...organization of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrain their powers of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their...