City of Rockford v. Gill

Plaintiff, the city of Rockford, filed suit in the circuit court of Winnebago County, seeking a declaration that an ordinance levying taxes for library purposes in excess of the statutory limit was valid under the city’s home rule powers. Defendant Paul P. Gill, the county clerk, had refused to extend the levy provided for by the ordinance on the ground that it exceeded the maximum tax rate for library purposes permitted by section 3 — 1 of the Illinois Local Library Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 81, par. 3—1). Consequently, the city also sought to enjoin the county clerk from extending for…