People ex rel. Commissioners of Highways v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Second District;— heard in that court on writ of error to the Circuit Court of Iroquois county; the Hon. Franklin Blades, Judge, pre-. siding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dickey
The Highway Commissioners of Belmont township applied by petition to the county board of Iroquois county for an appropriation from the county treasury of $1400, to aid in the construction of a bridge across Sugar creek, in a public highway. The petition stated that the bridge was necessary ; that the cost would be $2800; that to pay this sum for that purpose would be an unreasonable burden upon the town; that $1400 was all that could be raised in one year in the town for bridge purposes, and that the town had provided one-half of the funds necessary for building the bridge. The board of…
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