Hearings of the International Joint Commission in re remedies for the pollution of boundary waters between the United States and Canada

by International Joint Commission

Mr. Tawney. What is the present bonded debt of the city of Detroit?

Mr. Fenkell. I will secure that data and give it to you later.

Mr. Tawney. You have a limited amount of bonded indebtedness to which the city can obligate itself, have you not?

Mr. Fenkell. It is limited. I will give you that data later.

Mr. Tawney. That limit is 5 per cent of the assessed value of the property, is it not?

Mr. Fenkell. I am unable to state.

Mr. Gardner. Any such limitation as that is a constitutional provision of the State, is it not?

Mr. Fenkell. I am unable to state the amount. Detroit now has home rule, and just what the limitation is when the people vote on a question of that kind I am unable to state. Would the chairman like to have me secure that data?

Mr. Gardner. We would like to have it.

Mr. Fenkell. I would suggest that if you have any other questions of that kind you give me a list of them, and I will secure the desired information for you, or you can call on the city comptroller and secure the information from him.