Weber v. Traubel
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of St. Clair county; the Hon. Amos Watts, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scholfield
This was a proceeding in chancery, by certain tax-payers, to enjoin the collection of taxes in the city of East St. Louis, upon the ground that they are in excess of the rate per cent to which the city is, by its charter, limited in levying taxes.
The city is incorporated under a special charter adopted by the General. Assembly, and approved by the Governor on the 26th of March, 1869. Private Laws of 1869, vol. 1, pages 885 to 911. By sec. 1, art. 3 of this charter it is provided: “The city council shall have power to levy and collect an annual tax, not exceeding one per centum per annum, upon…
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