People ex rel. Board of School Inspectors v. City Council of Peoria

The board of school inspectors of the city of Peoria, in July, 1906, having determined the amount of money which, in their opinion, would be required to be raised by taxation for the support of the public schools of the city for the ensuing year, notified the city council to levy a tax of 2.25 per cent for educational purposes. The city council levied for educational purposes only 1.277 Per cent, whereupon the board of school inspectors filed in the circuit court of Peoria county their petition praying for a writ of mandamus re-quiring the city council to make an additional levy of 973…