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frontage, of the owners of the property fronting the same for any other use 

 or purpose, and without the power to sell, alienate, mortgage, or encumber 

 the same, to the lands, and appurtenances required for a road, or pleasure 

 way, or boulevard, not less than two hundred and fifty, nor more than four 

 hundred feet in width, and for the establishment of a building-line, as here- 

 inafter specified, fifty feet distant from and outside of said boulevard 

 or pleasure way, beginning at a point in said added territory north of 

 Fullerton Avenue, and at or near the North Branch of the Chicago River, 

 and extending west within said added territory to a point one mile or more 

 west of Western Avenue, and thence southerly to a point at or near the 

 Illinois and Michigan Canal, with such curves and deviations as they shall 

 deem expedient; also to the lands required and building-lines aforesaid for 

 three parks upon the line of said boulevard, and upon the part of the same 

 between the two last mentioned points, of not less than one hundred nor 

 more than two hundred acres each, and which shall cost respectively not 

 exceeding $250,000; the first to be located north of Kinzie street; the 

 second to be located between Kinzie street and Harrison street, and the 

 third to be located between Harrison street and the Chicago, Burlington & 

 Qj-iincy Railroad track; the total cost of said parks and boulevards, with the 

 easements and building-line aforesaid, exclusive of improvements, shall not 

 exceed $900,000, and shall be assessed on the property benefited as herein- 

 after provided. If the said board should locate any part of said boulevard 

 or parks outside of the said extended territory and limits, each section of 

 land west of the same, of which a part shall be taken for such boulevard or 

 parks, shall be and remain, together with the lands and territory between 

 the same, and the said limits, a part of the said town and city, and of the 

 several wards thereof as aforesaid, and shall cease to be a part of the several 

 towns to which it now belongs or appertains. But in no case shall the 

 western line of either of said parks be over two (2) miles from Western 

 avenue, unless by voluntary contributions land is added to such parks 

 outside of said limits. Said lands, boulevards and parks, and the 

 personal property of said board shall be exempt from taxation. The said 

 board may contract with the owners of property taken or purchased, for 

 annual payments, not to extend beyond five years, and in such case shall 

 only include in the assessment for any year that amount of such annual 

 payments then due, if any, and the amount of one annual payment, for 

 that year, or next to become due. They are also authorized to divide 

 the amount of their assessments, and where it can legally be done, to 

 make one or more assessments, payable in annual installments, which shall 

 be a lien on property only for the amount payable each year. The part of 

 said boulevards between the said North Park and the North Branch of the 

 Chicago River, and the part of the same south of the said Chicago, Burling- 

 ton & Quincy Railroad track, shall not be made unless the land therefor 

 shall be acquired free of cost to said board, and shall not be ornamented or 

 improved until after the improvement of the parks shall have been com- 

 pleted, unless the same be done by voluntary contribution. 



Sec. 6. The establishment of a building-line outside of said boulevard 

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