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Newspaper
Hyde Park Herald
Location
Hyde Park, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1966
Page
7
Public notice states proposed amendments to the Illinois Constitution will be placed on a separate blue ballot for adoption or rejection by voters at the General Election on November 8, 1966.
Legislative text outlines tax powers for the General Assembly including levying real estate and personal property taxes, classifications for intangible property, and use or franchise taxes. It sets tax rates, uniformity requirements, and conditions for potential income or gross receipts taxes with thresholds and voter approval for higher rates.
The text outlines tax rules including a 6 percent cap on certain taxes, conditions if an income tax is enacted, and requirements for allocation and statutory exemptions. It also details property and debt limits for counties, cities, and school districts, uniform tax rules, and Cook County assessment practices effective from January 1, 1965.
Legal notice outlines how Cook County voters may abolish a property tax classification via petition and majority vote. It details effective dates July 1 1967 and July 1 1968, fiscal implications, and the proposed changes to taxation including personal property, sales tax replacement, income tax limits, and distribution to local governments.
The Circuit Court shall be elected and the County Clerk may be ex officio Recorder of Deeds except in counties with 60 000 or more inhabitants where a Recorder of Deeds is elected at the 1968 general election. Officers assume office on the first Monday of December after election and serve four years until successors are elected. Article X will appear upon the ballot.
The amendment authorizes county sheriffs and county treasurers to run for re election and succeed themselves. It places them under the same elective process as other county officers and clarifies election method for circuit court clerks. Certified by Secretary of State I Paul Powell as true copy for the November 8 1966 general election.
Section 8 specifies elections for County Clerk Sheriff and Treasurer in 1966 and a Coroner in 1968. It states that unless judges provide another method, a Clerk of the county will be elected in the 1968 general election held after the first Monday in November.
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