public purpose

public purpose
A classification distinguishing objectives for which the government is to provide from those which are left to private inclination, interest, or liberality. The support of government, or a recognized object of government, or promotion of the welfare of the community. 51 Am J1st Tax § 326. To conserve and develop water resources, for domestic use, for irrigation, and for power and light, are all common public purposes or uses. Gallardo v Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co. (CA1 Puerto Rico) 18 172d 918. A use of public property for any public purpose, to warrant exemption from taxation, must be an exclusive use by the public, open to all the people on a basis of equality to such extent as the capacity of the property admits, or an exclusive use by some public or quasi-public agency on behalf of the public. Cleveland v Board of Tax Appeals, 153 Ohio St 97, 91 NE2d 480, 16 ALR2d 1354. See public use.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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