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Statutes > Illinois > Chapter70 > 901 (70 ILCS 1250/0.01) (from Ch. 105, par. 124.9) Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Park Commissioners Street Control (1889) Act. (Source: P.A. 86‑1324.) |
(70 ILCS 1250/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 125) Sec. 1. That every board of park commissioners, existing under the laws of this state, that now has, or may hereafter have, control over any boulevard or driveway connecting with any public park under the control of such board, and bordering upon any public waters in this state, shall have power, subject to the limitations in this act contained, to extend such boulevard or driveway, of the width of not more than two hundred feet over and upon the bed of such public waters: Provided, however, that no such boulevard or driveway shall be extended under the provisions of this act in such a manner as to interfere with the navigation of such public waters for the purposes of commerce; and that the lands adjacent to such public waters and connected with the termini of such boulevard or driveway as extended under the provisions of this act, shall lie within the district or territory, the property of which shall be taxable for the maintenance of the parks under the control of such board. (Source: Laws 1889, p. 212.) |
(70 ILCS 1250/3) (from Ch. 105, par. 127) Sec. 3. Upon complying with section two of this act, said board shall have power to contract in writing with any person or persons for the construction of such extension of such boulevard or driveway, according to such plan, and under the supervision of said board, and in all cases where any boulevard or driveway is extended under the provisions hereof the submerged lands lying between the shore of such public waters and the inner line of the extension of such boulevard or driveway shall be appropriated by the board of park commissioners to the purpose of defraying the cost of such extension, and to that end such board of park commissioners are authorized to sell and convey such submerged lands in fee simple by deeds duly executed on its behalf by its president and under its corporate seal, and every deed executed in pursuance hereof shall vest a good title in the grantee to the premises intended to be conveyed thereby. (Source: Laws 1889, p. 212.) |
(70 ILCS 1250/4) (from Ch. 105, par. 128) Sec. 4. Upon the completion of any such extension of such boulevard or driveway the title thereto, and to the bed thereof, shall be vested in such board of park commissioners for the purpose of a boulevard or driveway, and shall become a part of the public park or parks under the control of such board, and shall thenceforth be maintained and controlled by such board in the manner provided by law for the government and maintenance of other boulevards and driveways under its control. (Source: Laws 1889, p. 212.) |
(70 ILCS 1250/5) (from Ch. 105, par. 129) Sec. 5. In case any public streets shall extend to the shore line of said public waters in front of which extension of such boulevard or driveway shall be constructed under this act, and such streets, if extended, would cross such extension, such streets (unless the municipality in control thereof shall otherwise direct) shall extend to the inside line of such extension of said boulevard or driveway. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal section twenty of an act entitled "An Act in regard to the completion of public parks and the management thereof," approved June 16, 1871, and amendments thereto heretofore made, or which may be hereafter made, unless expressly so declared. (Source: Laws 1889, p. 212.) |