| N.J. | Nov 12, 1900
The opinion of the court was delivered by
The prosecutors seek to set aside or lessen the
taxes levied against them for the year 1899 by the city of Hoboken, because they are’assessed'at a greater rate than eight mills on the dollar, in violation, it is claimed, of the .city charter.
That charter (Pamph. L. 1855, p. 448) originally provided that the amount of money to be raised by taxation for city purposes should be determined by popular vote at each annual charter election, and-should not exceed three mills on each dollar of the ratables. In 1866 (Pamph. L., p. 1047, § 4) the permissible rate was increased to eight mills on each dollar.
But in 1871 the legislature inaugurated a new system. By a supplement to the charter then passed (Pamph. L., p. 1417) the people were required to choose at each annual election two persons in each ward of the city to constitute a board of
The rate of taxation, therefore, was not illegal, and the taxes under review are affirmed, with costs.