§ 3. Upon the adoption of said proposition, the city council, village board, or commissioners in cities under the commission form of government, shall pass an ordinance providing either for the acquisition, equipment, conduct or maintenance, or any one or all of such propositions, of such playground, or playgrounds, and shall provide for the manner of such acquisition, and shall likewise provide for the creation. of a playground board of three (3) members to be appointed by the mayor or president, by and with the consent of the council, board or commission, the term of office of each commissioner to be two (2) years; such commissioners shall serve without pay and such playground board so designated and appointed shall be vested with the control and management of such playground or playgrounds, and shall direct the equipment, maintenance and conduct thereof and shall make suitable rules and regulations for the proper and orderly direction and management of the same; such playground board may employ a superintendent and other person or persons as may be necessary. Such playground board shall have jurisdiction over all playgrounds in any city, town or village created under the provisions of this statute, or separate boards may be appointed for each playground as may be provided by ordinances adopted under the provisions of this act. § 4. Such playgrounds shall, in the discretion of the playground board or boards, be fitted with suitable appliances and instrumentalities, games and exercises; and shall be so conducted as to be most conducive to the moral, intellectual and physical welfare of the children using the same; and their use shall be free under such rules and regulations as will best enable the largest number of users to receive substantial benefit therefrom. § 5. All cities, villages and towns voting to adopt the provisions of this act are hereby vested with power and authority to purchase, accept by gift, or condemn by the exercise of the right of eminent domain of such real estate as the voters may elect to acquire as herein provided. § 6. All cities, towns or villages electing to adopt the provisions of this act shall have power to levy and collect annually a tax of not exceeding two mills ($.002) on each dollar of assessed valuation of all taxable property within the corporate limits of such city, village or town which tax shall be designated as "playground tax" and shall be levied and collected in like manner with the general tax of such municipalities, but same shall be in addition to and exclusive of all other taxes such municipalities may or hereafter shall be authorized to collect, nor shall said tax be scaled down under any existing law. § 7. The cost and expense of acquiring, equipping, conducting and maintaining such playgrounds shall be paid out of taxes raised as hereinbefore in section 6 provided, and the same shall be expended under the direction of such playground board or boards, and shall be paid out upon warrants drawn out of the city treasury upon order of such playground board or boards but such expenditure shall not exceed the amount annually provided for unless such excess be donated or otherwise contributed, the right being hereby conferred upon such playground boards to receive and expend upon and for such playgrounds voluntary donations made therefor. APPROVED June 24th, 1915. SUBMERGED AND SHORE LANDS-RELEASE TO PARK COMMISSIONERS. § 1. City may grant, convey or release to park commissioners shore lands for park purposes. (HOUSE BILL NO. 781. APPROVED JUNE 29, 1915.) AN ACT to enable cities, towns and villages having control of lands bordering upon public waters and riparian rights appurtenant thereto, to grant, convey or release the same for park purposes to park commissioners, park boards or boards of park commissioners, and to make agreements with park commissioners, park boards or boards of park commissioners for the reclamation of submerged lands under such public waters for park purposes. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That any city, town or village which has heretofore acquired or shall hereafter acquire control over any lands bordering upon any public waters in this State, and the riparian rights appurtenant thereto, may grant, convey or release any of such lands or rights for park purposes to any park commissioners, park board or board of park commissioners having control of any park within the territorial limits of such city, town or village, and may make agreements with any such park commissioners, park board or board of park commissioners for the reclamation by such park commissioners, park board or board of park commissioners for park purposes of submerged lands under the public waters adjacent to the lands controlled by such city, town or village: Provided, however, that no such park commissioners, park board or board of park commissioners, may grant, convey, lease or release any lands so acquired or the riparian rights appurtenant thereto to any private person or corporation. APPROVED June 29th, 1915. TUBERCULOSIS SANITARIUMS-DISCONTINUANCE. 1. Amends Act of 1908 by adding sections 12, 13, 14 and 15. § 13. Submission of ordinance to voters. § 12. Council may pass ordinance for dis- § 14. Form of ballot. § 15. When ordinance ratified-duty of council-transfer of moneys. (HOUSE BILL No. 828. APPROVED JUNE 28, 1915.) AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to enable cities and villages to establish and maintain public tuberculosis sanitariums," approved March 7, 1908, in force July 1, 1908, as subsequently amended, by adding to said Act four (4) new sections to be numbered 12, 13, 14, and 15 respectively. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That an Act entitled, "An Act to enable cities and villages to establish and maintain public tuberculosis sanitariums," approved March 7, 1908, in force July 1, 1908, as subsequently amended be and the same is hereby amended by adding to said Act four (4) new sections to be numbered 12, 13, 14, and 15 respectively, which sections when amended shall read as follows: § 12. Whenever the board of directors of any public tuberculosis sanitarium, established and maintained under this Act, shall recommend, in writing, to the city council or board of trustees, as the case may be, the discontinuance of any public tuberculosis sanitarium, stating in said report the reasons therefor, the said city council or board of trustees, may pass an ordinance for the discontinuance of such public tuberculosis sanitarium. § 13. Whenever such ordinance is passed for the discontinuance of any such sanitarium, the said ordinance shall be submitted to the voters of such city or village, as the case may be, at the next succeeding general or special election, or at any special election called for that purpose, and the said ordinance shall become operative, effective and valid if approved by a majority of such voters voting upon the question. § 14. Such ordinance shall be printed on a ballot in full, which shall be separate and distinct from the ballot for candidates for office. The ballot to be used for any such election in voting, under this Act, shall be substantially in the following form: FOR the abolition of the public Tuberculosis Sani- AGAINST the abolition of the public Tuberculosis as provided in Ordi Yes Νο nance Number... 15. Whenever such ordinance shall have been ratified, and made effective, operative and valid by vote, as provided in the last preceding section, the city council or board of trustees of such city or village, may after having discharged all financial obligations of such tuberculosis sanitarium by appropriate ordinance, transfer any moneys then in the "tuberculosis sanitarium fund" from such fund into any other lawful appropriation or appropriations of such city or village. APPROVED June 28th, 1915. (HOUSE BILL No. 168. APPROVED JUNE 29, 1915.) AN ACT to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, and all Acts amendatory thereto by adding thereto Article XV. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That the Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, and all Acts amendatory thereof, be and the same hereby is amended by adding thereto an Article to be known as Article XV in the words and figures following: ARTICLE XV. SECTION 1. That two or more incorporated contiguous cities, incorporated towns, or villages situated in one county in the State of Illinois may be united into one incorporated city under this Act by following the provisions of section 1 of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the annexation of cities, incorporated towns and villages, or parts of same to cities, incorporated towns and villages," approved and in force. April 25, 1889, except that the petition therein required shall be signed as therein required in each of the municipalities, union whereof is sought, and stating the name, under which said united municipality is to be known, and the form of municipal government, under which said united municipality is to be governed, and except that the ballot therein provided shall read, "For union of the city of. the city of..... the village of... the incorporated town of.... (filling blanks with the names of the municipalities to be united), into a single municipality under the name and with the..... .form of municipal government (filling in blanks with the words, "Aldermanic" or "Commission" as the case may be). The proposition so to be voted upon shall appear in plain, prominent type, on a separate and distinct ballot, and no other proposition shall appear thereon. The form of the ballot used shall be a copy of the proposition set forth in section 2 thereof followed by the words: YES together with a square after each word to enable each voter to signify his preference by marking a cross in one of said squares. If the majority of the votes cast in each of said cities [,] towns or villages shall be in favor of the adoption of said proposition, the provisions of this Act shall thereby be adopted. § 2. A certified copy of the canvass of the votes of the election on such proposition, made by the proper officers, shall be transmitted to each city, town or village clerk of such city, town or village, and to the clerk of the county court, of the county in which such election was held, and by each transcribed upon the records of their respective offices in full, and the mayor or president of the board of trustees of each of said concurring cities, towns or villages shall immediately issue a proclamation declaring this Act in force in said city, town or village and thenceforth this Act shall be in full force and effect in each of said concurring cities, towns or villages. 3. The failure of the mayor or president of the board of trustees, or any of said officials, to perform the duties and Acts imposed upon them by section 2 hereof shall not invalidate nor prevent the adoption. of this Act. § 4. All courts in this State shall take judicial notice of the adoption of this Act by such cities, towns or villages as adopt the same. § 5. Each such concurring city, incorporated town or village shall thereafter be known as the Borough of. (original name of city, town or village): Provided that a change of name of any borough may be effected by pursuing the provisions of an Act entitled, "An Act to enable any city, town or village in this State to change its name," approved March 7, 1872, in force July 1, 1872. § 6. The third Tuesday in April, 1916, [and] biennially thereafter, are hereby designated as the days for the holding of general municipal elections under this Act, and any cities, towns or villages adopting this Act shall be deemed also to have adopted "An Act to amend an Act entitled, 'An Act regulating the holding of elections and declaring the result thereof in cities, villages and incorporated towns in this State,' approved June 19, 1885, in force July 1, 1885, as amended by an Act approved June 18, 1891, in force July 1, 1891," and all amendments thereto. Within ten days after the adoption of this Act, the county court of the county within which said cities, towns or villages are located shall proceed to create a board of election commissioners for said united city, town or village as provided in said election law, which board shall immediately qualify and proceed as provided in said election law to perform all the duties therein prescribed so as to prepare for the holding of the first and subsequent elections for officers for said united municipality. |