People ex rel. O'Connell v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

• ..This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Cook county against the lands of appellant for delinquent taxes. Three objections interposed by appellant to the application of the county collector for judgment and order of sale were overruled. In the view we have taken it will be necessary for us to consider but two of these objections.

In passing the annual appropriation bill for the year 1913 the board of commissioners of Cook county included an item which it designated, “Loss and cost in tax collection rebate general tax fund,” and appropriated $3,241,-223.42 for that item.…