Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. Klein

After the county of Gage had adopted and perfected township organization, in the regular course of affairs of the county and township governments, there were assessed by the county authorities on the property of the railway company certain taxes for county purposes, not in excess in the aggregate of fifteen mills on the dollar, or the maximum which they could assess. There had been for and in each of the townships in which there was situated property of the company an assessment, in the manner prescribed by law, of taxes on such property, not to exceed seven mills on the dollar of valuation,…