(70 ILCS 1820/6) (from Ch. 19, par. 856)
Sec. 6.
The District has power to apply for and accept grants,
loans, or appropriations from the Federal Government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof to be used for any of the purposes of the
District and to enter into any agreements with the Federal
Government in relation to such grants, loans or appropriations.
The District may petition any federal, state, municipal, or local
authority, administrative, judicial and legislative, having jurisdiction
in the premises, for the adoption and execution of any physical
improvement, change in method or system of handling freight, warehousing,
docking, lightering, and transfer of freight, which in the opinion of
the District is designed to improve or better the handling of commerce
in and through the Port District or improve terminal or transportation
facilities therein.
(Source: P.A. 79-1475.)
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