...does not. The language of the section, so far as material to be now stated, is: "No * * * city * * * or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount * * * in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the...

...express contract found in the bonds. The language of the Constitution is that no city, etc., " shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for...aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of its taxable property." It shall not become indebted, shall not incur any pecuniary liability; it shall...

...the constitutional limitation which 'forbids any county, city, etc., from becoming "indebted * * * to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in...aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of taxable property therein," etc. (Const, art. 9, sec. 12.) The court declined to admit the evidence,...

...this ruling is assigned as error. Section 3, art. 11, of the constitution, provides that "no county or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted, in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding five per centum of the value of the taxable...

...no money in its treasury. The Constitution of Iowa declares that "No county, or other political or municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted, in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable...

...of office, shall be increased or diminished during such term. [Purcell ¥. Parks, 82 IU. 346. § 12. No county, city, township, school district, or other...to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in ihe aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property rf<ya-\ therein, to be...

...Constitution of Illinois, which went into effect August 8, 1870, and provides as follows: "Sec. 12. Nocounty, city, township, school district or other municipal...for any purpose, to an amount, including existing [91] indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property...

...our own Constitution in section 12 of article 10, reading that: "No county, city, town • * * shall be allowed to become indebted In any manner or for...indebtedness. In the aggregate exceeding five per centnm on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained," etc. Now, in this case. It...

...that purpose; nor, in cases requiring such assent, shall any indebtedness be allowfd to be incurred to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in...centum on the value of the taxable property therein: * * * provided that, with such assent, any county may be allowed to become indebted to a larger amount...

...Constitution of Illinois, which went into effect August 8th, 1870, and provides as follows : " § 12. No county, city, township, school district, or other...shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose^ to an amount, Opinion of the Court. including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate...