Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. Wright

Can the proper county authorities levy a tax of 100 per cent, of the State tax to pay current expenses ? The Civil Code (1910.), §§ 504, 506, and 507, provides for the levy of special and extra county taxes. The last cited section is as follows: “ When debts have accumulated against the county, so that one hundred per cent, on the State tax, or the amount specially allowed by local law, cannot pay the current expenses of the county and the debt in one year, they shall be paid off as rapidly as possible, at least twenty-five per cent, every year.” It is now well settled by the decisions of…