Note 47 — LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO

House bill No. 350, Illinois, 1909, already mentioned, which contemplates the merger of the park boards in the city government, provides (Art. IV, Sec. 19) as follows: “The provision of the statutes governing the making of local improvements in the city shall be as nearly as possible applied to the proceedings for the taking of lands and the meeting of the expenses in connection with such improvements, except that the board of park commissioners shall act in place of the board of local improvements.”