People ex rel. Kaskaskia River Navigation Co. v. Lippincott

Citations

• 65 Ill. 548

Syllabus

<p>1. Constitutional Law—commutation of temes. The special act, approved April 15, 1869, entitled “An act supplemental to an act to incorporate the Kaskaskia River Navigation Company,” approved Feh. 8,1853, for the purpose of giving State aid, to enable the counties and towns on the same to aid said company, which appropriated the State taxes, except the school and two mill-tax, on certain townships, to aid in the improvements contemplated in the original act, was abrogated by the constitution of 1870.</p> <p>2. Such act is inconsistent with section 6 of article 9 of the constitution of 1870, which prohibits the commutation of State taxes, and also inconsistent with section 7 of the same article, which declares that “ all taxes levied for State purposes shall he paid into the State treasury,” as such act authorized the collector to pay such taxes to the treasurer of the company.</p>