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- Title: Peo. Ex Rel. High School Dist. v. Hupe
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 17, 1954
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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In the public interest and because of the urgency of the cause, we have granted leave to the People, acting on the relation
of Community High School District No. 231 of Cook County, (hereafter referred to as petitioner,) to file an original petition
for writ of mandamus directing the respondent, Lawrence L. Hupe, treasurer for said district, to register, number and countersign
bonds totaling $1,100,000, which relator has been lawfully authorized to issue, as he is required to do by section 19-7 of
the School Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 122, par. 19-7.) Respondent has refused to execute bonds in excess of $516,000
on the ground that such figure is the limit of relator's debt-incurring power. Respondent's refusal is predicated on section 12 of article IX of the Illinois constitution as it is implemented by section
19-33 of the School Code. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1953, chap. 122, par. 19-33.) The mandate of the constitutional provision is, that
"No county, city, township, school district, or other municipal corporation, shall be allowed to become indebted in any manner
or for any purpose, to an amount, including existing indebtedness, in the aggregate exceeding five per centum on the value
of the taxable property therein, * * *." As regards school districts, section 19-33, as amended in 1953, (Laws of 1953, p.
1369,) ordains the following:
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