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Park," or "Against Park;" and if a majority of the votes cast on the 

 subject of park shall be "For Park," then this act shall take effect and be 

 in force, but not otherwise. The clerk of the county court of Cook county 

 shall designate the place of holding such election, and give notice thereof in 

 one or more of the daily papers published in the county of Cook, at least 

 six days preceding such election, and shall supply the judges thereof with 

 the necessarj" books, papers and boxes, as in other cases of elections ; and 

 there shall be one polling or voting place in each voting precinct in said 

 towns, as the same were fixed at the last general election in the county of 

 Cook. The persons who acted as judges or inspectors of election in the 

 several precincts of said towns, at the last general election in Cook county, 

 shall be the judges or inspectors of this election. In case the judges or 

 inspectors of election shall not attend at the time for opening the 

 polls, such judges or inspectors shall be chosen by the legal voters 

 present. The clerk shall be appointed as provided in elections for county 

 officers. The polls shall be opened and closed and the election conducted 

 as the elections for county officers. All legal voters of said towns shall be 

 entitled to vote at such election, without any new registration; and the 

 judges or inspectors of such election shall use the registry list made for 

 the general election in November, 1868 : Provided, that whenever any 

 person whose name is not on the registry list shall offer his vote at such 

 election, the judges or inspectors shall require the same evidence of his 

 qualification as now provided by law. The said judges of election shall, 

 immediately after the closing of the polls, count the ballots, fill out and 

 sign the returns and tally sheets, as now provided by law in all other 

 elections, and return the poll books and ballots to the clerk of the county 

 court, as in other cases of election. The votes shall be canvassed in the 

 manner provided by law for the election of stace and county officers. The 

 clerk of the county court of Cook county shall, immediately after such 

 canvass, cause a certificate of the result of such election to be filed in the 

 office of Secretary of State, which shall be conclusive evidence of the result 

 of said election. 



Sec. 19. This act shall be a public act, and shall take eftect and be in 

 force from and after its passage. 



WEST CHICAGO. 



An Act to Amend the Charter of the City of Chicago, to create 

 A Board of Park Commissioners, and authorize a Tax in the 

 Town of West Chicago ,and for other purposes : 

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

 sented in the General Assembly, That the territorial limits of the city of 

 Chicago shall be and are hereby extended as follows : That part of Section 

 30, 40, 14 east of 3d p. M., which lies west of the North Branch of the 

 Chicago River; Section 25, 40, 13 east of 3d p. m., except that part of said 

 section lying east of the center of the North Branch of the Chicago river; 



