People ex rel. Yakel v. Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railroad

The appellant filed objections to the application of the collector of Fayette county for judgment against its property for taxes, some of which were overruled, and from the judgment rendered an appeal has been taken.

The levy for county taxes included $3000 “for printing and publishing,” and it is insisted that this item is too indefinite and embraces more than one purpose, and is therefore void. In People v. Cairo, Vincennes and Chicago Railway Co. 237 Ill. 312, an item for .“printing, books and stationery, $800,” was held sufficiently certain. It is the duty of the county board to cause a…