...said of cities organized under section 16 of article 9 of the Constitution and the provision that they shall be "consistent with and subject to the Constitution and laws of the state" : ''Charters thus adopted will of necessity be more or less at variance, and that they will...

...cities containing a population of 100,000 or more to frame charters for their own government, which must be consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of the state. If Kansas City has the exclusive power to regulate the streets and highways of that city, or,...

...20,0!X> inhabitants, tho word "controlled" is dropped, and charters of such cities are only required to be "consistent" with and "subject" to the constitution and laws of the state; that, strictly speaking, the words "subject to" do not Involve the Idea of power to "direct"...

...been exercised by the legislature, and that the only limitation of that power was that the same should be consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of the state. But we must not lose sight of the elementary proposition that municipal corporations have only...

...The constitution provided that the charter which the city should frame for its own government should be " consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of the State ". It declared furthermore that all charters adopted by authority of the constitution including freeholders'...

...dreams of free cities. While it is specified that the charters in that State shall be " in harmony with and subject to the constitution and laws of the State," it is also provided that the cities shall be divided into four classes, for which the legislature is expressly...

...situated and of which it is a part. In every instance it is recognized that the charter so adopted must be " consistent with and subject to the constitution and laws of the State ". Our better judgment tells us, and theory and experience enforce us in the opinion that the...

...their own government. (Article 9, Section 16.) Under these Constitutional provisions, the charter must be consistent with and subject to the Constitution and laws of the State. The charter is first prepared by a Board of thirteen freeholders, and is then to be submitted...

...gave to cities having a population of over 100,000, the right to frame their own charters, the same to be 'consistent with and subject to the Constitution and laws' of the State."2 § 69. THIS 1s CORRECTION OF AN EARLY JUDICIAL ERROR. — The opposite notion, that a State...

...state may prepare and adopt its own charter. The Constitution provides that all such charters must be consistent with, and subject to the Constitution and laws of the state. Provision is made for a board of fifteen freeholders, qualified electors of the city, for at...