Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1901 — Decides City Law Is Void. [ARTICLE]

Decides City Law Is Void.

Bismarck, N. D., dispatch: The supreme court has decided’ that the ordinance passed at Fargo in 1898 creating the seven improvement districts in that city was illegal for the reason that the vote on the passage of the ordinance was not taken by yeas and nays. This decision affects all improvements for paving and sewers in. Fargo. The court, however, does not pass on the question as to whether the invalidity of this ordinance will operate to .destroy the value of securities outstanding that arise from the work of construction