Illinois Compiled Statutes 70 ILCS 1515 Chicago Park District Debt Assumption Act. Section 1

    (70 ILCS 1515/1) (from Ch. 105, par. 333.29)

    Sec. 1. The Chicago Park District by its commissioners, as its corporate authorities, is authorized to assume and become liable for the payment of the outstanding indebtedness hereinafter described of the several park districts which were superseded by it, together with accrued interest and interest on bonds after their maturity on such indebtedness as is represented by bonds and to issue its bonds to refund and/or to fund such indebtedness in the manner herein provided; such bonds shall constitute the general obligations of the Chicago Park District and shall be payable from taxes to be levied upon all the taxable property within the boundaries of the Chicago Park District and may be authorized without submitting the question to the legal voters for approval.

    Whenever the commissioners choose to exercise the powers conferred by this act they shall adopt an ordinance so declaring and describing the indebtedness proposed to be assumed and reference in such ordinance to this act by its title shall be sufficient to evidence the acceptance of all its provisions as to such described indebtedness.

    Indebtedness evidenced by bonds of superseded park districts issued for proper corporate purposes is described as follows: Total of Bonds Name of Park District

               Outstanding Albany..........................................$

   568,000.00Calumet..............................................82,000.00Edison...............................................88,666.67Fernwood.............................................95,000.00Forest

 Glen...........................................7,000.00Hollywood............................................99,000.00Irving............................................1,598,000.00Jefferson...........................................876,000.00Lincoln..........................................18,534,000.00North

 Shore.........................................692,000.00Northwest.........................................4,518,000.00Norwood.............................................171,000.00Old

 Portage.......................................1,392,000.00Ravenswood...........................................22,000.00Ridge

 Avenue........................................373,000.00Ridge...............................................892,500.00River.............................................1,387,500.00Sauganash............................................83,000.00South............................................48,267,000.00West

 Chicago.....................................14,273,338.87West

 Pullman.........................................46,000.00

    Total.......................................$94,065,005.54

    Indebtedness in the amount of $3,137,045 evidenced by bonds and interest coupons of Lincoln Park District that were paid at maturity from bond and/or corporate funds to avoid default thereof which bonds and interest coupons have not been cancelled and such funds have not been reimbursed.

    Indebtedness as of May 1, 1934, represented by unfunded and floating obligations of superseded park districts incurred for proper corporate purposes is described as follows: Total of Floating Name

 of

 Park

 District

                             IndebtednessAlbany...........................................$

   21,130.81Calumet...............................................3,255.86Forest

 Glen.............................................643.55Hollywood............................................17,815.98Jefferson...............................................861.23Lincoln..............................................46,983.02North

 Shore..........................................52,014.06Northwest...........................................370,561.10Norwood...............................................1,148.47Old

 Portage.............................................839.65Ridge

 Avenue..........................................1,032.97Ridge.................................................5,000.00River.................................................5,113.68Sauganash...............................................974.32South...............................................113,132.57West..............................................1,518,393.78West

 Pullman............................................249.80

    Total........................................$2,159,150.85

    Indebtedness existing by reason of unauthorized expenditure of money from special funds of West Chicago Park District and which funds have not been reimbursed described as follows: Employees

 Annuity

 and

 Benefit

 Fund...............$

  593,135.25Park

 Policemen's

 Annuity

 and

 Benefit

 Fund............11,084.38Public

 Benefit

 Fund.................................371,769.47Special

 Assessment

 Fund.............................429,867.28Additional

 Land

 Fund................................107,182.79

    Total........................................$1,513,039.17

    Indebtedness of the Northwest Park District in the amount of $1,283,876.09 existing by reason of unauthorized expenditure for corporate purposes of money received from the proceeds of the sale of its bonds issued and sold for park improvements.

(Source: Laws 1935, p. 1012.)

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