Note 60 — LEGAL ASPECTS OF THE PLAN OF CHICAGO

House Bill No. 350, Illinois, 1909, already mentioned, contains the following provision: “Art. IV, Sec. 14. The city shall have authority to acquire and hold lands for the erection and maintenance thereon of public buildings of the city and for public grounds surrounding such buildings or connected therewith, and shall have the right to permit buildings of the County of Cook, the State of Illinois, the United States of America or other governmental or public bodies to be erected and maintained on such lands and grounds upon such terms and conditions as the city council may prescribe. Subject to such use, the board of park commissioners shall, when directed by the city council, have the same power to manage and control, improve, maintain, and beautify such lands and grounds, as is in this Act conferred upon said board with respect to parks; and for any of the purposes hereinbefore in this section specified, the city may acquire or dispose of the title to or rights in lands or rights or easements in or over lands abutting on or in the vicinity of such lands or public grounds in like manner and to like extent as in this Act provided with respect to parks.”