(70 ILCS 605/4-14) (from Ch. 42, par. 4-14)
Sec. 4-14.
General powers of commissioners.
The commissioners
constitute the corporate authorities of
the district and shall exercise the corporate functions conferred by
law. The commissioners are empowered to: (a) adopt and use a corporate
seal; (b) use funds of the district for any lawful purpose and
compromise actions and controversies and employ engineers, attorneys and
other employees; (c) do all acts necessary for the purpose of surveying,
constructing, altering, enlarging, protecting, repairing and maintaining
any drain, levee or other work of the district and go upon lands either
within or outside of the district for the purpose of examining the same
in connection with the work of the district and making surveys, doing no
more damage than the occasion may require; (d) upon the payment or
tender of the compensation allowed, go upon such lands with their
agents, employees, contractors and servants, teams, tools, machinery,
instruments and other equipment for the purpose of constructing the work
of the district and forever thereafter enter upon such lands for the
purpose of constructing the work of the district and forever thereafter
enter upon such lands for the purpose of protecting, maintaining and
repairing the same; (e) use any part of any public highway for the
purposes of work to be done, provided such use will not permanently
destroy or materially impair such public highway for public use; (f)
authorize any state or federal officer, agent, employee or contractor to
go on any lands or rights-of-way of the district for the purpose of
inspecting, surveying, constructing, altering, enlarging, protecting,
repairing or maintaining any drain, levee or other work of the district;
(g) enter into agreements with any department or agency of the State of
Illinois relative to the use and control of ditches, drains, levees and
drainage structures of the district in conjunction with the operation
and management of fish preserves and game refuges and the furtherance of
any of the purposes of the "Fish Code of Illinois" or the "Wildlife Code of
Illinois"; (h) in the corporate name of the district, contract, sue and
be sued, plead and be impleaded, and do and perform all acts and things,
whether express or implied, that may be reasonably required in order to
accomplish the purposes of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-297.)