...Constitution it was definitely established that the state was not liable for municipal debts. It was further provided that: The General Assembly shall not impose...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 property,...

...uniform In respect to persons and property within the jurisdiction of the body imposing the same. S 10. The General Assembly shall not Impose taxes upon municipal...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 property...

...Kuehner et al v. City of Freeport, 11,3 III, 92; Hoover v. People ex rel, 171 JO, 182. SECTION 10. The General Assembly shall not impose taxes upon municipal...limits of municipal corporations shall be taxed for the CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS 149 payment of debts contracted under authority of law, such...

...corporations, or the Inhabitants or property thereof, for corporate purposes, but shall require that ail the taxable property within the limits 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 property,...

...the same. And the general assembly shall require that all the property, except as heretofore exempted within the limits of municipal corporations, shall be taxed for the payment of debts contracted under authority of law. SEC. !). The general assembly shall provide for the incorporation...