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sections 26, 35 and 36, in township 40, 13 east of 3d p. m. ; sections i, 2, 11, 

 12, 13, 14, 23, 24, 25 and 26, in township 39, 13 east of 3d p. M., and that part 

 of sections 35 and 36, in township 39, 13 east of 3d p. m., lying north-west 

 of the center of the Illinois and Michigan canal, shall be, and are hereby, 

 added to said city, and shall constitute a part of the West Division of said 

 city, and of the town of West Chicago, and the said added or new territory 

 shall cease to be a part of the several towns to which it now belongs or 

 appertains, and the outside boundary of the West Division of the city of 

 Chicago, as hereby established, shall be the outside boundary of the several 

 wards of the city which now extend to the present city limits. 



Sec. 3. Seven persons, resident freeholders and qualified voters of said 

 town, who shall be designated by the governor of the state of Illinois, 

 together with their successors, shall be, and they are hereby, constituted a 

 Board of Public Park Commissioners for the town of West Chicago, to be 

 known under the name of the '-West Chicago Park Commissioners," and in 

 case of the failure of any of said persons to accept such appointment, and to 

 qualify thereunder as hereinafter provided, within sixty days after the 

 passage of this act, the place of such person in said commission shall be 

 thereby vacated, and it shall be the duty of the commissioners so accepting 

 to certify the fact of such failure and vacancy to the governor, who shall 

 appoint some suitable person or persons, possessing the qualifications afore- 

 said, to fill the place or places thus made vacant, and vacancies shall 

 continue to be filled in like manner, until the board shall have been filled 

 and constituted by the acceptance and qualification of seven persons. Each 

 of said commissioners, before entering upon the duties of his office, shall 

 take an oath to well and properly discharge the duties of his office for the 

 interest of the public, which oath shall be reduced to writing, subscribed to 

 by him, and filed in the office of the county clerk of Cook county. They 

 shall each give a bond in the penal sum of $20,000, with one or more sureties, 

 to be approved by the judge of the circuit court of Cook county, to the treas- 

 urer of Cook county, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their duties 

 under the act. 



Sec. 3. As soon as convenient after the said board shall be constituted 

 as aforesaid, the members thereof shall decide by lot, at a meeting to be 

 called by any three of them, as to the respective term for which each member 

 shall hold his office; the number of lots shall equal the number of commis- 

 sioners, and the person drawing the longest term shall serve seven years 

 from the first day of March, 1869; the one drawing the next shall serve for 

 six years from said date ; the one drawing the next shall serve for five years 

 from said date; and so on, until the term of each one of said commis- 

 sioners shall be definitely determined, each one serving for the length of 

 time inscribed on the lot drawn by him; the last of said commissioners 

 serving for the term of one year only from said first day of March, A. D. 

 1869. As soon as the term of office of each of said commissioners shall be 

 determined as aforesaid, said board shall organize, by electing one of their 

 number as president, and one of their number as auditor. They shall also 

 appoint a treasurer, prescribe his duties, and fix his compensation, who shall 



