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Sec. 15. The Board of Park Commissioners shall cause a full description 

 of the bonds received from the city, to be entered in a record, to be provided 

 for that purpose, which shall show the date, number and amount of each 

 bond, the time when received, the time when and to whom sold, and the 

 amount received therefor, and shall, on or before the ist day of April in each 

 year, furnish a copy thereof, verified by the oath of the custodian of such 

 records, to the city comptroller. 



Sec. 16. The propertj-^ of the city of Chicago, and the lands authorized 

 to be taken by this act for a public park, are hereby pledged for the payment 

 of the principal and interest of said bonds. 



Sec. 17. The Board of Park Commissioners hereinafter mentioned, is 

 hereby authorized, and it shall be their duty, on or before the first day of 

 October in each year, to fix upon the amount, not exceeding $75,000, that 

 may be necessary to be expended for the improvement and repair of said 

 park and drive during the next succeeding year, and certify the same to the 

 clerk of the county court of Cook county, and said clerk shall apportion 

 said amount upon the taxable property returned by the Assessors of North 

 Chicago and Lake View, and compute the same as part of the taxes due and 

 payable by the owners of said property set down or described in a separate 

 column headed "Lincoln Park Tax," and the same shall be included in the 

 warrant issued for the collection of taxes, and collected as other taxes. In 

 case of a failure to pay the same, judgment may be rendered against the 

 real estate assessed, and the like proceedings had as for other taxes. The 

 taxes so collected shall be paid to the park commissioners, and used by them 

 in improving and keeping in repair the park and drive. 



Sec. 18. The appraisers appointed by virtue of this act, shall have 

 authority to employ surveyors, and to use any map or file belonging to said 

 city or to said county of Cook, and to cause maps to be made as may be 

 necessary, and said appraisers shall be allowed a compensation of five dol- 

 lars per day for their time actually employed in discharging their duty as 

 such appraisers, and all such compensation and the necessary expenses in 

 discharging their duties, shall be allowed and taxed by the court aforesaid, 

 and paid by said city of Chicago, and shall be added to and become a part of 

 the cost of said park. 



Sec. 19. The said Lincoln Park shall be under the exclusive control of 

 a Board of Commissioners to consist of five persons, who shall be named 

 and styled the Commissioners of Lincoln Park. A majority of said commis- 

 sioners (in office for the time being), shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 

 action of business; but no action of said board shall be final or binding 

 until it shall receive the approval of a majority of said board, whose names 

 shall be recorded in its minutes. 



Sec. 20. E. B. McCagg, John B. Turner, Andrew Nelson, Joseph Stock- 

 ton and Jacob Rehm, are hereby appointed and shall constitute the first 

 Board of Commissioners of Lincoln Park. They shall hold office as such 

 commissioners for five years. No member of such board shall receive any 

 compensation for his services. In case of a vacancy within said five years, 

 the same may be filled by the remaining members of said board, and all 



