Thatcher v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.

Citations

• 120 Ill. 560
• 11 N.E. 853

Syllabus

<p>1. Municipal taxation—under special charters—of the purpose and rate of taxation allowable—under the act of 1883. By the act of 1883, cities not organized under the general law, but acting under special charters, are authorized to levy and collect, in addition to the municipal taxes authorized by their charters and the act of 1881, taxes for the distinct objects named in the act of 1883.</p> <p>i</p> <p>2. A city, under such conditions, has the rightful authority, under the act of 1883, to levy a tax, not to exceed three mills on the dollar, as a sewerage fund tax, and one mill on the dollar for a -water fund tax, or. three mills, if voted for by two-thirds majority of all the members of the legislative authority, in addition to all the other taxes it is authorized to levy and collect by law.</p>