Show CHICAGO BOND ISSUE declared by illinois supreme court to tol be unconstitutional springfield ill april 19 the supreme court of illinois today returned a a decision declaring invalid lid the mueller act which authorized the city ot of chicago to issue certificates tor for with which to purchase street railways the certificates to be repaid regald out ot of tire surplus earnings of the road under municipal o ownership the court held that the act was unconstitutional as it would create an indebtedness beyond the constitutional ability of the city elty to incur it was this ties act that the chicago I 1 advocates advocate s of municipal ownership depended on to enable them to gain the ownership for the city of the street railways the net result ot of the supreme P aerne courts finding is to delay indefinitely th the e acquisition by the mun about to his sister th princess vicovaro Vi covaro to whom letters of administration have been granted by the civil tribunal of the seine it now appears that a br brother otiler of mr ir spencer purposes to attack the will and recently made application to have letters of administration set aside the civil tribunal however tod today v confirmed its decision granting letters to mr ift spencers sister cures babye croup willies Wil lles daily cuts and bruises mamas sore throat grandmas grandeas grand mas lameness dr thomas ec bc electric oil oll the great household remedy IcI of the street car system tor for control or operation the law was adopted at the city election of april 5 1904 by a vote of 5 to 1 under its provision the city council in im january 1906 passed an ordinance authorizing worth of street railway certificates the lower court sustained the va judity of the law and the ordinance on appeal this decision was rever reversed reverted zed I 1 the court saya says the claim that the principal involved in special assessments sess ments should be applied to this case and that the street railway certificates proposed to be issued should be held like special assessment warrants not to constitute the indebtedness of the city can not be applied here |