People ex rel. Miller v. Brislin

Citations

• 80 Ill. 423

Syllabus

<p>1. South Park-—constitutionality of amendatory act of 1871. The act entitled “An act to enable the corporate authorities of two or more towns, for park purposes, to issue bonds,” etc., in force July 1,1871, so far as applicable to the towns of South Chicago, Hyde Park and Lake, without any new vote of the people in the park district, is not in violation of any constitutional provision. Such park district is subject to general legislation the same as any other municipality.</p> <p>2. Statute—constitutionality with respect to title. The act entitled “An act to enable the corporate authorities of two or more towns, for park purposes, to issue bonds,” etc., is not in violation of section 18 of article 4 of the constitution, as embracing more than one subject, or matters not expressed in its title. The body of the act is germane to the tille of the bill.</p> <p>3. Special assessments—for South Park-—confirmation conclusive. Where the park commissioners of South Park, under the requirement of the law, made an assessment upon property contiguous to the park, for benefits, and returned the same to the circuit court, where the same was found to he valid, and confirmed, and divided into yearly installments, on application for judgment for the third yearly installment, it was held, that the confirmation of the assessment by the circuit court was res adjudicata as to the validity and legality of the assessment and levy, and precluded a reinvestigation of the matters so decided.</p> <p>4. Same—interest of parties making. Where, hy law, interested parties are constituted a tribunal to make special assessments of benefits for a proposed public park, the assessment made by them can not be invalidated by their interest, as the law qualifies them to act.</p> <p>5. Same—officer/' to apply for judgment in Oook county. The county of Cook, under the constitution and statutes of the State, is to be considered as under township organization, and therefore the treasurer of the county, as