...Legislature shall provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages by general laws; and restrict their power of taxation, assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts and loaning their credits, so as to prevent the abuse of such power. AMENDMENTS. SECTION 1. If at any time a majority...

...principal. Tex., 520. 1 S 9- It shall be the duty of the Legislature to provide for the organization 2 of cities and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, 3 assessment, borrowing money, contracting debts and loaning their credit, so 4 as to prevent abuses...

...the owner, without the necessity thereof being first established by the verdict of a jury. SKC. 3. It shall be the duty of the legislature, and they are...money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so aa to prevent abuses in assessments and taxation, and in contracting debts by such municipal corporations....

...of all its debts and liabilities. SEC. 37. It frhall be the duty of the Legislature to provide fur the organization of cities and incorporated villages,...borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their eredit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debts by such municipal corporations....

...cities, towns and incorporated vil- fo£ lages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessments, borrowing money, contracting debts, and loaning their...credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debts by such municipal corporation. ARTICLE IX. EDUCATION. SECTION 1. Religion, morality,...

...assembly shall provide for the organization of citie? and incorporated villages by general laws, and restrict their power of taxation. assessment, borrowing...money, contracting debts, and loaning their credit, so a* to prevent the abuse of such power. SF.C. 50. All corporations with banking and discounting privileges...

...the owner, without the necessity thereof being first established by the verdict of a jury. SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the legislature, and they are...contracting debts by such municipal corporations. SEC. 4. The legislature shall not have power to create, authorize, or incorporate, by any general or...

...constitution of 1846, art. 8, § 9,— that " it shall be the duty of the legislature to provide for the organization of cities and incorporated villages,...credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations," — does not restrain the legislature from conferring...

...association. SECTION 9. cities ana It shall be the duty of the legislature to provide for the villages, organization of cities and incorporated villages,...credit so as to prevent abuses in assessments, and in contracting debt by such municipal corporations. 10 TV., 547 ; 5 H., 121 ; 15 NY, 297, 532 ; 18...

...organization of cities, towns and incorporated villages, and to restrict their power of taxation, assessments, borrowing money, contracting debts and loaning their...credit, so as to prevent abuses in assessments and in contracting debts by such municipal corporations." If corporations were already restricted by sec....