...the act of 1869 violate Const. NY, art. 3, § 20, which provides that "every law which imposes * * * a tax shall distinctly state the tax, and the object to which it is to be applied, nnd it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other law to fix such tax or object. The act in question...

...claim against the State. By section twenty-one, laws imposing, continuing or reviving a tax, are to distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is to be applied . By section twentytwo, laws imposing taxes, or creating debts, etc., are to receive a three-fifths...

...the same for' said taxes and assessments, shall be commenced upon the same day throughout the State. Every law which imposes, continues or revives a tax, shall distinctly state the las and the object to which it is to bo applied ; and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other...

...in violation of art. 7, § 13, of the constitution, which declares " Every law which imposes, etc., a tax shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it shall be applied," etc,, nor (3) in violation of art. 10, § 2, by reason of the creation of the board...

...plain and simple. In the first place, no valid law can be passed to impose any tax, unless such law shall distinctly state the tax and the object to which it is te be applied ; and, in the second place, no money raised by taxation can be lawfully paid out or applied...

...as a violation of § 24 of Article III. of the Constitution, which iu express terms requires that: "Every law which imposes, continues or revives a tax shall distinctly state that tax and the object to which it is to applied, and it shall not be sufficient to refer to any other...

...that these acts violate the 13th section of the 7th article of the Constitution, which provides that " every law which imposes, continues, or revives a tax,...tax and the object to which it is to be applied." It is urged that while the cost of the roads are limited to $20,000 a mile, exclusive of bridges, the...

...appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated and the object to which it is to be applied, and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum ; and no gift, loan or appropriation of public...

...appropriation or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated and the object to which it is to be applied, and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum ; and no gift, loan or appropriation of public...

...are in violation of section 18, art. 7, of the Constitution, which directs, that every act imposing a tax shall distinctly state the tax, and the object to which it ia to be applied. Those acts recognize a distinction between the "road" and the bridges, provision...