(65 ILCS 5/9-2-112) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-112)
Sec. 9-2-112.
Except as otherwise provided in Section 9-2-38, the board of
local improvements in cities of 500,000 and over, may appoint an engineer
for the board, and such assistant engineers, clerks, and inspectors as may
be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this Division 2.
The board is hereby authorized to make or cause to be made, the written
contracts, and receive all bonds authorized by this Division 2, and to do
any other act, expressed or implied, that pertains to the execution of the
work provided for by such an ordinance. The board shall fix the time for
the commencement of the work under such an ordinance and for the completion
of the work under all contracts entered into by it. This work shall be
prosecuted with diligence thereafter to completion and the board may extend
the time so fixed from time to time, as they may think best for the public
good. The work to be done pursuant to such contracts in all cases must be
done under the direction and, except where the assessment is divided into
installments, to the satisfaction of the board of local improvements, and
all contracts made therefor must contain a provision to that effect, and
also express notice that in no case, except as otherwise provided in the
ordinance, or the judgment of the court, will the board, or municipality,
except as otherwise provided in this Division 2, or any officer thereof, be
liable for any portion of the expenses, nor for any delinquency of persons
or property assessed.
The acceptance by the board of any improvement shall be conclusive in
the proceeding to make the assessment, and in all proceedings to collect
the assessment, or installments thereof, on all persons and property
assessed therefor, that the work has been performed substantially according
to the requirements of the ordinance therefor. But if any property owner is
injured by any failure so to construct the improvement, or suffers any
pecuniary loss thereby, he may recover the amount of the injury in a civil
action against the municipality making the improvement, if the action is
commenced within one year from the date of the acceptance of the work by
the board of local improvements.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)
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