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give bond for the faithful discharge of his duties in the penal sum of $50,000, 

 with not less than three sufficient sureties, to be approved bj the judge of 

 the circuit court of Cook county. They shall also choose a secretary, who 

 shall not necessarily be a commissioner, and who shall hold his office until 

 his successor shall be appointed, as hereinafter provided ; and all officers 

 appointed by the board shall be subject to removal, at the pleasure of the 

 board. The said board shall adopt a seal, and alter the same at pleasure; 

 they shall keep a complete record of all their proceedings, which shall be 

 open at all times for the inspection of the public. The said commissioners 

 shall receive no compensation for their services, except the president, who 

 may, in the discretion of said board, have and receive such compensation as 

 may be fixed, as hereinafter provided, not to exceed four thousand dollars 

 per annum. All vacancies occurring in said board shall be filled as soon as 

 may be thereafter, by the appointment of the governor of the state of Illinois. 

 The said^board of commissioners shall be a body politic and corporate, with 

 perpetual succession, and power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 

 to have and use a common seal, and they shall have and enjoy all the 

 powers necessary for the purposes of this act. 



Sec. 4. The said board of commissioners shall have full and exclusive 

 power to govern, manage and direct all parks, boulevards and ways author- 

 ized by this act, and by them purchased, made, laid out or established ; to 

 lay out, regulate, make and improve the same, to pass ordinances and issue 

 and enforce orders for the regulation and government of the same ; to levy 

 special assessments on all property by them deemed benefited by the 

 purchase, opening and improvement of such parks, boulevards and ways, as 

 limited by this act; to appoint such engineers, surveyors, clerks and 

 other officers, including a police force, as may be necessary; to define 

 and prescribe their respective duties and authority, and fix the amount 

 of their compensation ; and generally in regard to said parks, boulevards 

 and ways, they shall possess all the power and authority now bj' law 

 conferred upon or possessed by the common council of the city of 

 Chicago in respect to the public squares, places and streets in said city; and 

 it shall be lawful for them to commence the improvement of the same as 

 soon as the funds requisite therefor, or any portion thereof, shall have been 

 obtained. The expenditure for engineers, surveyors, clerks and officers, 

 except the president, including a police force, shall not exceed five 

 thousand dollars per annum, without further authority from the General 

 Assembly; but said board may accept of the services of such of the police 

 force of the city of Chicago as may be placed at their disposal by the 

 common council or police authorities of said city. 



Sec. 5. The said board shall have power, and it shall be made their duty, 

 and they are hereby authorized, to select and take possession of, and to 

 acquire by condemnation, contract, donation or otherwise, title forever, in 

 trust for the inhabitants of the town of West Chicago and of the West 

 Division of Chicago, and for such parties or persons as may succeed to the 

 rights of said inhabitants, and for the public as public promenades and 

 pleasure grounds and ways, but not without the consent of a majority, by 



