City of Galesburg v. Searles

On May 5, 1884, the city council of Galesburg passed an ordinance providing for the construction of a sewer in one of its streets, the cost thereof to be paid, one-half by general tax, and one-half by special taxation, to be levied on the property contiguous to the improvement, in proportion to the benefits accruing to the respective parcels of land or lots along the line of the improvement by the making thereof, and to be levied and collected as provided by article 9 of an act of the General-Assembly of the State of Illinois, entitled “An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and…