, 1876-08-15

which should be delivered 10 the Commissioners,
end thc proceeds aprorr;ated t3 the rsy'nc!,.
wns he'll hy tie supreme, Court TINT
pei, tl'o Town u North Cl''cago t'
60 Into ,lcht without ~ consent, anil could not
without It's cnacnt, and Tint tllg statute VIA 10
thai extent yD;d.
Another ntntntc wa. provided by which lilo
Corporate antllor,tlca Of the i'ow,is tf forth
makca nprcial assessment ~ pay FIR the lantla,
anl designated tic ;;nlesvIsora md Assessors
81 tt,asc towns as futli corporate authorities.
y y ~ ease nf )fnn'l:ey against tho Lincoln
Supervisor anl ASSESSOR ot Tic Torn of North
s o s'qs% He n Tow y s;'p'EEatSs EsSo 'sSt ve%
nnd ,. vice vsrsa, @ and t''at tl,s ass,':, r.,
eostuion St 20 af aavon ~ss sss YHtns ii1a" OH @ is
power Df The Legislature to alter special asscss-
incntf to be inac, and that tlIcy could not lie
ln]o by n1iy nti,cr tl!nn tho corporate aithorl-
tfca of cities, towns or Villages; and TINT thnec
were not corporate authorities Of the cuttre lu-
rIsttfct!on
so ANOTHER hTATCTE WAS FAssrp
amending tho foriller net to un txtcut that
seems to AaMtf'orixc Tho ssexsore nM1 Supervisors
to act M corporate authorities Of each town 10
of operation r., that tho Park Commissioners
shall apply to them 10 inako IN assrss1ncnt:
they sla'l aescss tlIr value Of the lanls 10 lo
takc1t and shall inakc 4 report to court Of
the la,i,ls. 4 summons a1HIl lu issucd to The
PARTIES Interested IN the inns, atld verdict ofa
Jury taken determining tito value 10 he lMtl for
the lands by tho Park Commissioners; and the
rest in tlu Commissioners in trust for tho use
vi tlG towns untlcr their Original charters or
authority rs Board Ut Park Commissioners.
Afterwatas special assessment inuy 10 made
Towns on ali lanls within The corporate llmits
OF thc town bcncated by the Improvement Ut
enlargement Of the park f3r The, cost
ant expenses incident 10 tho linking II the
flns Tor PafK 5opS5 tt q
prosecute tho case, and the Court shall deter.
milne Il as may seem Just. After tho contlrna-
tlon tho Clerk Of tlu Court shall issue NM!
Judgment of tbe Circuit Court, statement Of
the lists Of the lands, thu Interest due, and tho
i,stallmcnts due. lio shall transmit tsls nlso
to tho Collector Of the town, md the Collector
ssa ssa pe sks Is Ed deaty ssy 4:su9s f.
GoS So1n 'hA ooees tSs9 who + Gxsi sa T. sei
to b., Obtain ., Judgment t,, ', tns same as fo,
Treasurer Of the Purk Commissioners. 30 that
tho only proceedings OF the Assessor md
Supervisor Of thu town seem to be to set the
bA1l In motion. After TINT the whole affair Is
managed md the money IA received by tho
BoarI 1T Park Co1n1uissfolcrs.
IT II CLAIMED TO DB THE THgQNT
OF the South park enaes which tho Supreme
Court hu8 decided from tho juno term Of 1857
down to Those decided In june 1870, TINT wllerc
an Improvement wGs to be- 1nnt1e In two t0wns
In which the carpornto authorities Of either town
could not properly be vested with power to make
It, the Legislature might, with the tonsctlt Of
the people Of the local district, establish those
two towns into 1strict having all tho cllutac-
terIettcs Of Il town. for the purpose Of such
local improvements, but that, unless there was
such conscnt Of the people oI the two towns
that might bc united into such district, there
couItt hu tlo new Corporation established, utid
tlle persons named Is Commissioners, or
Trustees, N officers could not be corporate au-
thotitcs Of either of tho towns Or of the new
district 90 formed; but. If nut tile eo1posatc
could not b vested With any power shatevcr to
that, ia the Lincoln Park assessment,
t!id precisely = thoso who amended Bill $40:
They neglected to observe the htuts Of the Su-
prcno Court, whlrh f'aTo been stated abont US
strongly ~ lsnE1,age would enable It to bc uonu
without stating that that iSas the ou1y possible
Mrt!lpd.
To-Day tho objections to tile West Division
street assessment will DO 1n0lfc, tle question
being whether the city authorities cnn turn over
strict to the IArk Commissioners to bc tul-
proved and controlled by them.