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sum shall be paid, for the collection of state and county taxes in the said 

 town of West Chicago, the said assessment, in an appropriate column, to be 

 termed " West Park and Boulevard Assessment," with the amount to be 

 collected opposite the several lots, blocks or parcels of land assessed as 

 aforesaid, and like proceedings, in all respects, shall be had for enforcing the 

 same as are now provided by law for the collection of state and county taxes. 

 The moneys collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid to 

 the treasurer of Cook county, for which he and his sureties shall be respon- 

 sible, as fully as for any other moneys by him received as treasurer of Cook 

 county, and be held by him in the same manner, and be subject to the same 

 control and direction, as provided in this act for other moneys belonging to 

 said corporation. And the treasurer of Cook county shall be entitled to 

 receive one-half of one per cent., and no more, of said moneys, as a full 

 compensation for receiving and disbursing the same. 



Sec. 14. If deemed practicable by the assessors, separate assessments 

 and appraisements shall be made, one for that part of the said boulevard, 

 ways, building line and easements, and for said park, building line and 

 easements, to be made and taken North of Division street; one for the same 

 between Division street and Harrison street, and one for the same south of 

 Harrison street. The benefits assessed shall be the real and appreciable 

 benefits, and the assessments shall not, in any case, be extended over any 

 land, lots or parts of the said West Chicago where said benefits do not exist. 

 No assessment for boulevard or park improvement shall be made until 

 further authorized by the General Assembly. 



Sec. 15. For the expense authorized herein for surveys and for any 

 deficiencies and necessary outlays arising and required in the condemnation 

 aforesaid, and in the purchase of lands and property for the purposes herein 

 specified, and for the payment of the expenses of maintaining and improving 

 the said boulevard and parks, and of enclosing the same when deemed 

 necessary, and for draining and making roadways and walks upon the same, 

 and for other expenses, disbursements, and changes in the premises, said 

 commissioners shall have power to borrow, as they shall deem expedient, an 

 amount of money not exceeding $50,000 in the aggregate, and for a time not 

 exceeding three years, and at a rate of interest not exceeding ten per cent, 

 per annum, and to issue therefor the notes or obligations of the said corpor- 

 ation, which shall be numbered consecutively from number one, and shall 

 be signed by the president and countersigned by the secretary of said board, 

 and shall be registered accurately and minutely in a register which shall at 

 all times be open for the examination of the public, and no note or obliga- 

 tion made as aforesaid shall be valid for an amount exceeding the sum 

 remaining of said $50,000 as appears by said register, or until the same shall 

 have been duly registered in said register. For the payment of the principal 

 and interest of said notes and obligations, the town of West Chicago shall 

 be irrevocably pledged, and also the proceeds of the tax hereinafter 

 authorized. 



Sec. 16. The adoption of the proposition for boulevard and parks as 

 hereinafter specified, shall be deemed and taken to be the consent of the said 



