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a public park, for the recreation, health and benefit of the public, and free 

 to all persons forever, subject to such necessary rules and regulations as 

 shall, from time to time, be adopted bj said commissioners and their suc- 

 cessors for the well ordering and government of the same. 



Sec. 5. In case the said commissioners cannot agree with the owner or 

 owners, lessees or occupants of any of the said real estate selected by them 

 as aforesaid, they may proceed to procure the condemnation of the same, in 

 the manner prescribed in the act of the General Assembly of the State of 

 Illinois entitled "An act to amend the law condemning right of way for the 

 purpose of internal improvement," approved June 22, 1853, and the acts 

 amendatory thereof, the provisions of which said act, and the several acts 

 amendatory thereof, are hereby extended to the park and park commis- 

 sioners to be created by virtue of this act. 



Sec. 6. When the title to the land selected for such park as herein 

 provided shall have been acquired by said commissioners, by gift, condem- 

 nation, or otherwise, it shall be the duty of such commissioners to make, 

 acknowledge, and file for record in the office of the recorder of deeds for 

 Cook county, a map, showing the said land, with a correct description, 

 including section, township and range. 



Sec. 7. As soon as the amount required for the condemnation of the 

 grounds selected for said park shall have been ascertained by said commis- 

 sioners, with reasonable certainty, they shall apply to the judge of the 

 circuit court of Cook county for the appointment of three freeholders of 

 the county of Cook as park assessors. The commissioners shall give notice, 

 in one or more of the daily newspapers published in the city of Chicago, of 

 the time when such application will be made, and all parties interested may 

 appear, and be heard by said Judge touching such appointment. At the 

 time fixed for such application, the court, after hearing such persons as shall 

 desire to be heard touching such appointment, shall nominate and appoint 

 three assessors for the purposes provided in this act. The said assessors 

 shall proceed to assess the amount so ascertained upon property in the 

 towns of South Chicago, Hyde Park and Lake, in Cook county, deemed 

 benefited by leason of the improvement occasioned by the location of said 

 park, as near as may be in proportion to the benefits resulting thereto : 

 Provided^ that the aggregate of said benefits is equal to or greater than the 

 amount of said damages ; and in case the aggregate of the benefits is less 

 than the damages, then the balance of the damages over the benefits shall 

 be paid from the fund provided for in section eight of this act. Upon 

 entering on the duties of their office, the said assessors shall make oath 

 before the clerk of the said circuit court faithfully and impartially to 

 discharge the duties of their office. They shall give at least ten days' notice, 

 in one of the said dailj' papers, of the time and place of their meeting for 

 the purpose of making said assessment, and may adjourn such meeting 

 from time to time, until the same shall be completed. In making the said 

 assessment, the said assessors shall estimate the value of the several lots, 

 blocks, or parcels of land deemed benefited by them as aforesaid, and shall 

 include the same, together with the amount assessed as benefits, in the 



