Report of the Special Commission Appointed by Hon John R. Tanner, Governor of Illinois Under Section 27 of the "Act to to Create Sanitary Districts ..." Approved May 29, 1889 ...Press of Cameron, Amberg & Company, 1900 - 131 pages |
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Page 76 - The trustees shall choose one of their number president, and such sanitary district shall from the time of the first election held by it under this act be construed in law and equity a body corporate and politic and by the name and style of the sanitary district of , and by such name and style may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, acquire and hold real estate and personal property necessary for corporate purposes, and adopt a common seal and alter the same at pleasure.
Page 88 - An Act making appropriations for the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes...
Page 3 - An Act to create Sanitary Districts and to remove obstructions in the Desplaines and Illinois Rivers," approved May 29, 1889, in force July 1, 1889.
Page 77 - ... provide for the collection of a direct annual tax to pay, and sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within eighteen years from the time of the contracting thereof.
Page 75 - The county judge shall cause a statement of the result of such election to be spread upon the records of the County Court. If a majority of the votes cast upon the question of the incorporation of the proposed sanitary...
Page 26 - Rivers, such channel shall be constructed of sufficient size and capacity to produce and maintain, at all times, a continuous flow of not less than 300,000 cubic feet of water per minute...
Page 93 - ... of the channel of any navigable water of the United States, unless the work has been recommended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War...
Page 77 - All taxes so levied and certified shall be collected and enforced in the same manner and by the same officers as State and county taxes, and shall be paid over by the officer collecting the same to the treasurer of the sanitary district, in the manner and at the time provided by the general revenue la\v.
Page 77 - Said board of trustees shall have full power to pass all necessary ordinances, rules and regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of said board of trustees and of said sanitary district...
Page 77 - ... five per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be .ascertained by the last assessment for State and county taxes, previous to the incurring of such indebtedness.