...to become indebted In any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing Indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for | state and county taxes, previous...

...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,...amount in the aggregate exceeding five per centum of the value of the taxable property within such county or corporation. * * *" It is insisted that...

...words of the State Constitution, prohibited independent school districts from incurring indebtedness to an amount in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of its taxable property, to be ascertained by the last state and county tax lists previous to the incurring...

...221, 35 L. Ed. 1044, It Is said: "The Constitution of Iowa (article 11, § 3) ordains as follows : 'No county, or other political or municipal corporation,...—to be ascertained by the last state and county tax lists, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.' "The scope and meaning of this provision of...

...heretofore many times interpreted by the courts. The constitution of Iowa has a provision as follows: "No county, or other political or municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted, or in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the...

...heretofore many times interpreted by the courts. The constitution of Iowa has a provision as follows: "No county, or other political or municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted, or in any manner, or for any purpose, to an amount in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the...

...Under the section of the constitution ' providing that no municipal corporation shall become indebted to an amount in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value of its taxable property, outstanding warrants as well as bonds are to be taken into consideration in estimating...

...increased or diminished during such term. g 12. No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per...

...exceed fifty cents on the one hundred dollars' valuation on taxable property in said towns; that DO municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose to an amount exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year, without...

...contains this provision : Art. IX, section 12. "No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per...