Where there is no specific statutory provision it is usually said that a public corporation has an implied power to make contracts necessary to enable it to exercise the powers and perform the duties which are conferred or imposed upon it by law.1 It has even been held that if no provision therefor is made by statute a city has implied power to contract for light-

20 C. C. A. 642; Sutro v. Dunn, 74 Cal. 593; 16 Pac. 505; Smith, etc., Co. v. Denver, 20 Colo. 84; 36 Pac. 844; Law v. People, 87 111. 385; McPherson v. Foster, 43 Ia. 48; 22 Am. Rep. 215; Cedar Rapids Water Co. v. Cedar Rapids, 117 Ia. 250; 90 N. W. 746; Murphy v. Louisville, 9 Bush (Ky.) 189; Osgood v. Boston, 165 Mass. 281; 43 N. E. 108; State v. Ry. Co., 80 Minn. 108; 50 L. R. A. 656; 83 N. W. 32; Raton Waterworks Co. v. Raton, 9 N. M. 70; 49 Pac. 898; reversed on another point, 174 U. S. 360; Commissioners of Wilkes Co. v. Call, 123 N. C. 308; 44 L. R. A. 252; 31 S. E. 481; McPeeters v. Blanken-ship, 123 N. C. 651; 31 S. E. 876; Roberts v. Fargo, 10 N. D. 230; 86 N. W. 726; People's Bank v. School District, 3 N. D. 496; 28 L. R. A. 642; 57 N. W. 787;' Wellston v. Morgan, 65 O. S. 219; 62 N. E. 127; Diggs v. Lobsitz, 4 Okla. 232;

43 Pac. 1069; Ecroyd v. Coggeshall, 21 R. I. 1; 79 Am. St. Rep. 741; 41 Atl. 260; Livingston v. School District, 9 S. D. 345; 69 N. W. 15.

2 Miller v. Hixson, 64 O. S. 39, 56; 59 N. E. 749.

3 Board of Education, etc., v. Blodgett, 155 111. 441; 46 Am. St. Rep. 348; 31 L. R. A. 70; 40 N. E. 1025.

1 French v. Paving Co., 181 U. S. 324; Alabama, etc., Co. v. Reed, 124 Ala. 253; 82 Am. St. Rep. 166; 27 So. 19; McBean v. Fresno, 112 Cal. 159; 53 Am. St. Rep. 191; 31 L. R. A. 794; 44 Pac. 358; Oakland v. Water Front Co., 118 Cal. 160; 50 Pac. 277; Heilbron v. Cuthbert, 96 Ga. 312; 23 S. E. 206; Agnew v. Brail, 124 111. 312; 16 N. E. 230; Board, etc., of Perry Co. v. Gardner, 155 Ind. 165; 57 N. E. 908; Mills Co. v. R. R. Co., 47 Ia. 66; Mitchell v. Negaunee, 113 Mich. 359; 67 Am. St. Rep. 468; 38 L. R. A. 157; 71 ing2 or for water.3 These cases, however, represent a rather extreme view. Power of a municipal corporation is usually to be deduced, expressly or impliedly, from statutory provisions.