Town of Manchester v. People ex rel. Grady
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. Egbert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. On the 6th day of May, 1895, in the circuit court of Scott county, a judgment was entered in an action at law, in favor of the relator, Mary E. Grady, against the appellant town, in the sum of $750. The town of Manchester is a municipal corporation incorporated by a special charter adopted by the General Assembly in 1861. The special charter vested in the “town council” of the said…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Scott county; the Hon. Egbert B. Shirley, Judge, presiding. On the 6th day of May, 1895, in the circuit court of Scott county, a judgment was entered in an action at law, in favor of the relator, Mary E. Grady, against the appellant town, in the sum of $750. The town of Manchester is a municipal corporation incorporated by a special charter adopted by the General Assembly in 1861. The special charter vested in the “town council” of the said town power to assess and collect a tax upon all taxable property within its limits of not exceeding one per centum per…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Boggs
Section 1, article 8, chapter 24, as amended by an act adopted for that purpose June 18, 1891, in force July 1, 1891, entitled “Cities,” etc., (Laws of 1891, p. 83,) vests the city councils of cities and boards of trustees of villages with power to levy and collect taxes in an amount not exceeding the rate of two per centum upon the aggregate valuation of all taxable property within the municipality as the same was equalized for State and county taxes for the preceding year, and also directs the mode or manner in which such corporate authorities shall proceed in order to execute the power so…
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