Chickasaw County v. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio R.

This appeal involves the question of the alleged validity of a 5-mill tax levied by the board of supervisors of Chickasaw County, in October, 1941, for a “Food Stamp Loan Warrant,” and also a 3-mill tax levied for “Food Stamp Plan and Pauper Maintenance,” both of said tax levies being in addition to the maximum ad valorem tax of 8-mills authorized by law and imposed by the board at said October meeting for general county purposes under the limitations prescribed by Chapter 104, Laws of 1932 in counties having an assessed valuation of not less than $3,000,000 and not more than $8,000,000.

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