...constitution of 1870 declares that "the General Assembly shall provide such revenue as Opinion of the Court. may be needful by levying a tax by valuation, so that...proportion to the value of his, her or its property." Section 9 of the same article provides that " the General Assembly may vest the corporate authorities...

...article 9, section 1, provides that "the general assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needed, by levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person...proportion to the value of his, her or its property ; such value to be ascertained by some person or persons to be elected or appointed in such manner...

...the acts in question were passed. That section is as follows: The general assembly shall provide for levying a tax by valuation, so that every person and...shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his or her property. In the exposition given of this section in the Lamed case, 34 Ill. 203, it was considered...

...the public policy of the State of Illinois to restrict, rather than extend, exemptions from taxation, "so that every person and corporation shall pay a...proportion to the value of his, her or its property," as required by the constitution. 5. SAME—construction of v>ords "public grounds," used in section...

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...property. For any other purpose than the making of local improvements, taxes must, under section 1, "be by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his or its property." White v. People ex rel. 94 Ill. 604. The power, then, of the General Assembly to...

...have no concern. Section 1 of article 9 of the constitution of 1870 enacts, that "the General Assembly shall provide such revenue as may be needful, by levying a tax by valuation, so that every person Opinion of the Court. or corporation shall «pay a tax in proportion to his, her or its property."...

...legislature, which, however, are required by the constitution to enforce the provision that every person or corporation shall pay a tax in proportion to the value of his, her or its property. The intent of the people was that revenue should be provided by levying a tax according to valuation,...

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...Worthington. repeat the quotation from the new. It is this : " The General Assembly shall provide for levying a tax, by valuation, so that every person and corporation shall pay a tax to the value of his or her property." If there be any difference in the two provisions, that in the...