Allen v. Peoria & Bureau Valley Railroad
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. M. E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. In September, 1864, after the passage of the act of February 16, 1863, entitled “An act to enable counties owing debts to liguidate the same ” — an extract from which will be found in the opinion of the court — the board of supervisors of Bureau county, passed the following resolutions : “ Besolmed, That the sum of fifty cents on the $100 valuation of the taxable property in the…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Bureau county; the Hon. M. E. Hollister, Judge, presiding. In September, 1864, after the passage of the act of February 16, 1863, entitled “An act to enable counties owing debts to liguidate the same ” — an extract from which will be found in the opinion of the court — the board of supervisors of Bureau county, passed the following resolutions : “ Besolmed, That the sum of fifty cents on the $100 valuation of the taxable property in the county of Bureau, is hereby levied to defray the county expenses for the year 1864. “ Besolmed, That there be, and is hereby…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
The question is presented by this record whether the tax for which this suit was brought was authorized and legal. It appears that the board of supervisors of Bureau county, at their September session in 1864, levied five mills on the dollar of taxable property to defray the expenses of the county; five mills for the benefit of the families of volunteers; one per cent for the purpose of liquidating the interest on any debt made or to le made, and to provide for paying the indebtedness of Bureau county for war purposes; and for paying indebtedness to Tuxton & Co., four mills on each dollar of…
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