(70 ILCS 2205/19) (from Ch. 42, par. 265)
Sec. 19.
Whenever it shall be necessary for or in connection with any
improvement or work authorized by this act, to enter upon any public
property, or property held for any public use, or acquire any easement or
rights therein, such sanitary district shall have the power so to do, and
when necessary for such purpose may avail itself of any Eminent Domain laws
of this state, and may enter upon, use, widen, elevate, and improve any
street, highway, wharf, levee, or other property, necessary in furtherance
of said purposes: Provided, the former use of any such public property, or
property devoted to public use, shall not be unnecessarily interrupted or
interfered with.
(Source: Laws 1907, p. 289.)
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