...sections: "!$Ec. 5. The corporate authorities of counties, townships, school districts, cities, towns, nnd villages may be vested with power to assess and collect...such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and properly, within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. "SBc. C. The specification of the...

...agreed to as additional sections: "SEC. 5. The corporate authoiities of counties, townships, jchool districts, cities, towns, and villages may be vested with power to assess and collect taxes lor corporate purposes, such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property, within the jurisdiction...

...affidavit, and filing the same. 5. The corporate authorities of counties, townsliips, school district», cities, towns, and villages, may be vested with power...taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property witliin the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. And the general assembly sluill require that...

...publishing such notice and the expenses of swearing or affirming to the affidavit, and filing the same. 5. The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...may be vested with power to assess and collect taxes fur corporate purposes ; such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction...

...notice, and the expenses of swear • ing or affirming to the affidavit, and filing the same. § 5. The corporate authorities of counties, townships, school districts, cities, towns and villages mav be vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes; su«h taxes to be uniform...

...separate fund, for the payment of state indebtedness, other than canal and school 15 ' indebtedness. The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes. ALABAMA. THIS state was admitted into the union in 1819, with its present constitution. Legislature,...

...Constitution of this State, by section 5 of article 9, provides that the corporate authorities of counties, school districts, cities, towns and villages, may...within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. As all the divisions of the city are imder the same jurisdiction, it is necessary the valuations within...

...it be for " corporate purposes," it violates the plain letter of the constitution: because it is not "uniform" in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the tax. If, on the other hand, the tax is not for " corporate purposes," it is clearly unconstitutional...

...such commissioners may be regarded as corporate authorities under the constitution of 1848, and might be vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes. 2. SAME — equality and uniformity. Where special taxes are levied, not upon the valuation of the...

...provisions of Sec. 5 of the 9th Article of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, thus expressed : " The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same." The Superior Court has decided in substance that an assessment made in the manner prescribed in the...