It  is  stated  in  the  recital  itself.  It  was
$87,000.  The  holder  of  each  bond  was
apprised  of  that  fact.  The  amount  of  the
assessed  value  of  the  taxable  property  in
the  county  is  in  it  stated;  but,  ex  vi  termini,
it  was  ascertainable  in  one  way  only,  and
that  was  by  refer. nee  to  the  assessment
itself,  a  public  record  equally  accessible  to
all  intending  purch  era  of  bonds  as  will
as  to  the  county  officers.     Nothing  in  the


1  Concord  v.  Portsmouth  Savings  Bank,  92  U.  S.  625  (1S75).
§530


CONTRACTS  :     RECITALS   IN    MUNICIPAL    BONDS.
Gil


question  in  the  case  was  whether  the  power  to  subscribe  for  stock
and  issue  bonds  therefor,  given    by  the  act  March  26,   1869,  was


way  of  inquiry,  ascertainment,  or  deter-
mination  as  to  thai  fad  is  submitted  to
the  county  officers.  The  fact,  as  it  is
recorded  in  the  assessment  itself,  is  ex-
trinsic, and  proves  itself  by  inspection,
and  concludes  all  determinations  that  con-
tradict it."  Dixon  County  v.  Field,  111
U.  S.  83  (1883).  In  the  ease  next  cited,
Potter  v.  Chaffee  County,  the  Circuit  Court
distinguished  it  from  Dixon  County  v.
Field.
