People Ex Rel. Ogg v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.

The Springfield Sanitary District was organized April 18, 1924, under the act of June 22, 1917. Section 12 of the act authorizes the board of trustees to levy and collect taxes for general corporate purposes upon property within the territorial limits of the district, the aggregate amount of which for each year shall not exceed one-third of one percentum of the assessed value of the taxable property within the district, with a proviso that a like sum in addition to such regular annual tax may be levied when such additional tax has been authorized by the voters of the district at an election…