...of municipal corporations shall be taxed for the payment of debts contracted under authority of law, such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and...within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. Private property shall not be liable to be taken or sold for the payment of the corporate debts of...

...districts which should be created. Article IX., section 5, of the Constitution of 1848 is as follows: " The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...districts, cities, towns and villages may be vested with pcwer to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes; such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons...

...proportion to his or her property." Section 5 of the same article contained this as to local taxation: 'The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...within the Jurisdiction of the body imposing the same;" while in section 11 of article 13 was the ordinary provision that no property should be taken or applied...

...competency of legislative authority." The constitution of Illinois of 1848, Art. ix, sec. 5. declared "that the corporate authorities of counties, townships,...within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same." The supreme court of the state (Marshall v. Siliman, 61 III. 218; Wiley v Siliman, 62 111 170—see...

...case,» delivered the opinion of the court By the constitution of South Carolina of 1868, art 9, i 8, "the corporate authorities of counties, townships,...assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes." 2 Charters & Constitutions, p. 1659. The situation arising oat of the subsequent acts of the legislature...

...constitution of 1848, which provides that "the corporate authorities of counties, townships, school-districts, cities, towns, and villages may be vested with power...assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes." From those decisions the following propositions, among others, may be deduced : That the clause was...

...branch of the General Assembly recorded by yeas and nays on the journal. Municipal taxes are levied by the corporate authorities of counties, townships, school districts, cities, towns and villages, under the authority of the Legislature. Such taxes must be uniform in respect to persons and property....

...delivered the opinion of the court. By the constitution of South Carolina of 1868, art. 9, sec. 8, "The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes." 2 Charters and Constitutions, 1659. The situation arising out of the subsequent acts of the legislature...

...county board for the use and benefit of the school districts. The Constitution of Illinois provides that the corporate authorities of counties, townships,...to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes. It will be noted that school districts are there mentioned, and the Legislature is there authorized...

...Illinois, which was in force when the rights of the parties to the controversy were fixed, was as follows : "The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes." In 1853 the corporation of Ottawa was incorporated as a city with the following among other powers...