(70 ILCS 2405/16) (from Ch. 42, par. 315)
Sec. 16.
When, in making any improvements which any district is authorized
by this Act to make, it shall be necessary to enter upon and take
possession of any existing drains, sewers, sewer outlets, plants for the
purification of sewage or water, or any other public property, or property
held for public use, the board of trustees of such district shall have the
power to do and may acquire the necessary right of way over any other
property held for public use in the same manner as is herein provided for
acquiring private property, and may enter upon, and use the same for the
purposes aforesaid: Provided, the public use thereof shall not be
unnecessarily interrupted or interfered with, and that the same shall be
restored to its former usefulness as soon as possible.
(Source: Laws 1917, p. 396.)
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