...the subscriptions, are In violation of Const, art. 9, § 8, providing that counties, townships, etc., may be vested with power to assess and collect taxes "for corporate purposes."— OONGABEE CONST. Co. v. COLUMBIA TP., S. Car., 27 8. E. Bep. 670. VOL. 45 No. 11 96. RAILROAD COMPANY—...

...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...

...corporate authorities of counties, townships, school-districts, cities, towns, and villages may bo vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes, such taxes to bo uniform with respect to persons aiid property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same....

...the power to tax.89 Thus, if the constitution provides that corporate authorities of cities, etc., "may" be vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes, the provision is not self-executing but legislation is necessary to confer the power to tax.90 So a...

...deem necessary for school, religions, and charitable purposes, may bo exempted from taxation. SEC. 5, The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...taxes for corporate purposes, such taxes to be uniform with respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. And the...

...paragraph is unconstitutional and void because (1) it violates the constitutional provision requiring taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property...within the jurisdiction of the body Imposing the same; and (2) that it is void because it violates section 22 of article 4 of the Constitution, prohibiting...

...(page 268) that section 5 of article 9 of the Constitution of Illinois contained a provision requiring "such taxes to be uniform In respect to persons and...within the jurisdiction of the body Imposing the same" ; the court adding (page 275) : "The frarners of oar Constitution have taken unexampled pains by these...

...Constitution of 1848, that required all taxes imposed by municipalities "to be uniform in respect to the persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same." The principle of that case is conclusive of the one at bar. Another ground upon which the judgment...

...uniform upon persons and property : The corporate authorities of cities and towns in this State shall be vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes, seid taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body composing...

...burdensome taxation, the people, in their sovereign capacity, enacted this provision of the Constitution: "The corporate authorities of counties, townships,...and villages may be vested with power to assess and collrct taxes for corporate purposes, such taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property within...