...what the said acts require, to authorize the court of county commissioners, on behalf of said county, to subscribe to the capital stock of said railroad company, and to pay for the same in the bonds of the county, to be issued by said court. The only authority of the...

...bonds in aid of the construction of the Central Pacific and Western Pacific bond-aided railroads, upon such terms and in such manner as may be agreed upon by them, or by a majority of them, and the owners of said railroads: Provided, That any and all settlements...

...contract, which could not be judicially enforced. Curtis v. County of Butler. That section is as follows: "That the counties through parts of which said railroad may pass shall be authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of the railroad company, and to make payment on such terms...

...questions in their proper order: I. The county, represented by its commissioners, or a majority of them, is authorized " to subscribe to the capital stock of...manner as may be agreed upon by said company" and said county. That this language, although general and somewhat indefinite, will include the power as...

...provided, that such cross- Proviso, ing shall be constructed and maintained at the expense of said company and in such manner as may be agreed upon by said company and said Boston and Providence Railroad Corporation, or if they shall fail to agree, in such manner, at...

...subscribe to the capital stock of the Northwestern Railway Company, which provides that the counties may " make payments on such terms and in such manner as...agreed upon by said company and the proper county," confers, by such provision, full authority upon the county to issue coupon bonds in payment of such...

...River Railroad Company, and authorizing the county courts of counties through which said road passed, to subscribe to the capital stock of said railroad company, and to issue bonds of such counties in payment of such subscription, approved March 9, 1859, and an amendatory...

...this act authorized cities, towns, townships, and counties interested in the construction of railroads to subscribe to the capital stock of said railroad company, and to issue bonds in payment thereof. 18 St. at Large SC pp. 210, 217. Section 9, as a means of paying the...

...had made a different contract, which could not be judicially enforced. That section is as follows: "That the counties through parts of which said railroad may pass shall be authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of the railroad company, and to make payment on such terms...

...different contract, which could not be judicially enforced. [ * 448 ] * That section is as follows : "That the counties through parts of which said railroad may pass shall be authorized to subscribe to the capital stock of the railroad company, and to make payment on such terms...