Excerpt from Building Districts and Restrictions: A Bill for an Act Granting to Cities and Villages in the State of Illinois Power to Create Residential, Business and Industrial Building Districts or Zones [The following bill was drafted by Mr. Donald R. Richberg in consultation with Messrs. Edgar B. Tolman, John O'Connor, Prof. Ernst Freund, C. T. B. Goodspeed, Edward B. Burling and Assistant Corporation Counsel Daniel A. Roberts - introduced in the City Council by Ald. Otto Kerner.] For an act to amend Section 1 of Article V of an act entitled, "An Act to Provide for the Incorporation of Cities and Villages," approved April 10, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872: As amended by subsequent acts. Section 1. Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: That Section 1 of Article V of an act entitled: "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, and in force July 1, 1872; as amended by subsequent Acts, be amended so as to read as follows, viz: First: To control the finances and property of the corporation. Second: To appropriate money for corporate purposes only, and provide for payment of debts and expenses of the corporation. Third: To levy and collect taxes for general and special purposes on real and personal property. Fourth: To fix the amount, terms and manner of issuing and revoking licenses. Fifth: To borrow money on the credit of the corporation for corporate purposes, - and issue bonds therefor, in such amounts and form, and on such conditions as it shall prescribe, but shall not become indebted in any manner, or for any purpose to an amount, including existing indebtedness in the aggregate to exceed five (5) per centum on the value of the taxable property therein, to be ascertained by the last assessment for the state and county taxes previous to the incurring of such indebtedness; and before or at the time of incurring any indebtedness, shall provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof within twenty years after constructing (contracting) the same. Sixth: To issue bonds in place of or to supply means to meet maturing bonds, or for the consolidation or funding of the same. Seventh: To lay out, to establish, open, alter, widen, extend, grade, pave or otherwise improve streets, alleys, avenues, sidewalks, wharves, parks and public grounds, and vacate the same. Eighth: To plant trees upon the same. Ninth: To regulate the use of the same. Tenth: To prevent and remove encroachments or obstructions upon the same. Eleventh: To provide for the lighting of the same. Twelfth: To provide for the cleansing of the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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