Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. v. People ex rel. Knupp

County taxes were levied and extended on the books of the county collector of Peoria county against all property assessed for taxation in the year 1900, at the rate of one hundred cents upon each $100 of the assessed value thereof. Section 8 of article 9 of the constitution of 1870 limits the power of county authorities to assess taxes for county purposes, (except for indebtedness existing at the time of the adoption of the constitution,) in the aggregate to seventy-five cents on each $100 of the valuation of the property assessed for taxation, unless authorized by a vote of the people of the…