People ex rel. Garwood v. New York Central Railroad Co.

The objection of the New York Central Railroad Company to the 1957 educational tax rate of Paris Union School District No. 95 was overruled by the county court of Edgar County. The objector appeals, contending that sections 17 — 2 and 17 — 2.1 of the School Code, (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1957, chap. 122, pars. 17 — 2, 17 — 2.1,) as amended in 1957, are invalid.

Section 17 — 2 deals with the maximum tax rates which school districts may levy without a referendum. The 1957 amendment to that section increased those rates. Before the amendment, this school district was authorized to levy a rate of .91 %…