People ex rel. Kelly v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

This is an appeal from a judgment of the county court of Lawrence county overruling the objections of appellant to the library taxes for the town of Lawrence, extended for the year 1939.

The facts are stipulated and are not in dispute. At a special election held on April 14, 1936, a majority of the voters of the township authorized a tax of 1.2 mills on each one dollar assessed valuation of property for maintenance of a free public library for the township. No action was taken by the electors at the annual town meeting in the year 1939 in connection with the levying of library taxes.

The sole…