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use, and the proceeds of which shall he deposited to the credit of said com- 

 missioners, and devoted to the improvement of the park 



Sec, 25. None of the said commissioners, nor any persons, whether in 

 the employ of the said commissioners or otherwise, shall have the power to 

 create any debt, obligation, claim or liability for or on account of said board, 

 or the monies or properties under his control, except with the express 

 authority of said board, conferred at a meeting thereof duly convened and 

 held. 



Sec. 26. The office of either the said commissioners who shall not 

 attend the meetings of said board for three successive months, after having 

 been dulj' notified of said meetings, without reason therefor satisfactory to 

 the said board, or without leave of absence from said board, may be by said 

 board declared vacant. 



Sec. 27. It shall be lawful for the said Board of Commissioners at any 

 meeting thereof, duly convened, to pass such ordinances as they may deem 

 necessary for the regulation, use, and government of the park under their 

 charge, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act. Such ordinances 

 shall immediately, upon their passage, be published for ten days, in two daily 

 papers in said city. 



Sec. 28. The persons oftending against said ordinances shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished, on conviction, before any 

 court of competent jurisdiction in the county of Cook, by a fine not 

 exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment, or both, in the discre- 

 tion of the court. 



Sec. 29. Real and personal property may be granted, bequeathed or 

 conveyed to said city of Chicago, for the purpose of the improvement or 

 ornamentation of said park, or for the establishment or maintenance, within 

 the limits of said park, of museums, zoological, or other gardens, collections 

 of natural history or works of art, upon such trusts and conditions as may 

 be prescribed by the grantors and donors thereof, and agreed to by said 

 Boai-d of Park Commissioners; and all property so devised, granted, 

 bequeathed or conveyed, and the rents, issues, profit and income thereof, 

 shall be subject to the exclusive management, direction and control of the 

 commissioners of the park. 



Sec. 30. This act shall take effect from and after its passage. 



Approved Feb. 8, 1869. 



SOUTH CHICAGO. 



Act to Provide for the Location and Maintenance of a Park for 

 THE Towns of South Chicago, Hyde Park and Lake. 



Section i. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

 represented in the General Assembly : That five persons, who shall be 

 appointed by the Governor of the State of Illinois, together with their 

 successors, be, and they are hereby constituted a Board of Public Park 

 Commissioners, for the towns of South Chicago, Hyde Park, and Lake, to 



