People ex rel. Wysong v. Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co.

The only question in this case is whether the three mill tax for the establishment and maintenance of public parks, authorized to be levied by the councils of cities having a population of less than 50,000, (Hurd’s Stat. 1913, p. 1796,) is exclusive of or included in the one and two-tenths per cent rate fixed by section 1 of article 8 of the Cities and Villages act. The question has been certified to us by the judge of the county court with the assent of the parties, in accordance with the provisions- of the Practice act.

By an act of the General Assembly approved May 13, 1907, (Laws of 1907,…