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 § 334.] THE LAW OF PRIVATE CORPORATIONS. [CHAP. VII. jected to the payment of the debts of the municipality. The public character of such property forbids this. Upon the repeal of the charter of the city, such property passes under the imme- diate control of the state, the power once delegated to the city in that behalf having been withdrawn; neither can the private property of individuals within the limits of the territory of the city be subjected to the payment of its debts, except through taxation. The doctrine of some states that such property can be reached directly on execution against the municipality has not been generally accepted. 1 1 Merriweather v. Garrett, 102 U. S. 472 ; Darling v. Mayor, etc., of Bal- timore, 51 Md. 2. In towns in Con- necticut (as in Massachusetts and Maine), the property of any inhabi- 308 tant may, by common law or imme- morial usage, be taken on execution upon a judgment against the town. Bloom field v. Charter Oak Bank, 121 U. S.121.