THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR
NUMBER 46
MOSCOW, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1916
CITY MAY LEGALLY CONSTRUCT SEWER DECISION HANDED DOWN BY SUPREME COURT SETTLES QUESTIONS RAISED
Smit Instituted by Local Citizens to Settle Pertinent Questions as to Legality of Plan
The mayor and city council may legally proceed in the rebuilding of the septic tank and the reconstruction of the city sewerage system without the appointment of a special committee, and may issue bonds to cover the cost of construction, which is estimated at $150,000.
This is the ruling of the supreme court in the case of Fred Veatch, et al, vs. J. G. Gibson, et al, which was instituted to settle matters that might make the selling of bonds for the improvement difficult.
Sullivan wrote the decision, which was concurred in by his associates.
"This case was not instituted, as some might presume, to hinder the Chief Justice improvements which the council proposes," stated G. G. Pickett, attorney for the plaintiffs, today, "but to settle some pertinent questions, which unsettled would make the buyers of bonds dubious of handling the bonds which will be issued to cover the cost of construction.
"One of the main objects of the suit was to have the supreme court provide a modus operandi for situations that might arise under the present plans of the council." 