Merritt v. City of Kewanee
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the County Court of Henry county; the Hon. A. R. Mock, Judge, presiding. This is .a proceeding in the county court of Henry county, begun by a petition filed on August 23, 1897, by the city of Kewanee for the confirmation of a special tax on contiguous property for the purpose of paving a part of a street, known as Tremont street in that city.
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Appeal from the County Court of Henry county; the Hon. A. R. Mock, Judge, presiding. This is .a proceeding in the county court of Henry county, begun by a petition filed on August 23, 1897, by the city of Kewanee for the confirmation of a special tax on contiguous property for the purpose of paving a part of a street, known as Tremont street in that city. The proceeding- was instituted under the act of the State of Illinois, approved June 14, 1897, in force July 1, 1897, entitled “An act concerning local improvements.” (Laws of Ill. 1897, p. 101). Attached to the petition is an ordinance…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Magruder
The present proceeding is brought under the act of June 14,1897, “concerning local improvements.” That act makes material changes in the mode of making local improvements by special taxation and special assessment. The act provides for the creation of a board of local improvements which, in cities having a population of 25,000 or more, is made to consist of five members, and, in cities having a population of less than 25,000 and in villages and incorporated towns, is made to consist of three members. The city of Kewanee has a population of less than 25,000 inhabitants. The board of local…
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