Karnes v. People ex rel. Rumsey

Citations

• 73 Ill. 274

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitution—construction of section 29, of m'tiele 6. The 29th section of article 6 of the constitution, requiring all laws relating to courts to be of general and uniform application, etc., does not apply to the time when the several courts shall meet, nor to the length of their terms.</p> <p>2. The law authorizing the county court of Cook county to meet on the first Monday in the month, instead of the third Monday, as in other counties, is not in violation of the 29th section of article 6 of the constitution.</p> <p>3. Taxation—day of sale of delinquent lands under acts of 22d and 30th of March, 1872. A statute was enacted on the 22d of March, 1872, which fixed a day for which a notice of sale of delinquent lands should be given, which law provided that it should take effect from its passage, and remain in force until the object intended by it could be attained under a general law thereafter to be adopted, after which it should cease to have effect, except so far as proceedings may have been commenced under it. A general revenue law was adopted on the 80th day of March, 1873, which took effect July 1, 1873, the provisions of which superseded the act of March 22, 1872, and by which a different day was fixed as the time to be named in the notice of sale of delinquent, lands. The law of March 30 repealed a large number of previous laws, but did not repeal the law of March 22: Held, that where proceedings for the assessment and collection of taxes were commenced before the act of March 30 took effect, the act of March 22d would govern the proceeding until the same should be finally completed, and the day named in that act was the proper one to be named as the day of sale, in the notice of sale of delinquent lands.</p> <p>4. Same—collector's report of delinquent lands, when sufficient to show for what year taxes are due. A collector’s report of delinquent lands, which shows that he -was collector of taxes for a certain year, and that he had not been able to coll