Village of Morgan Park v. Gahan

June 9, 1887, the Village of Morgan Park passed an ordinance providing for the layiu0 of water supply pipes on several streets of the village, the second section of which is, “ that the cost and expense of said improvement shall be defrayed by a special assessment to be made in accordance with sections eighteen (18) to fifty-one (51) inclusive, in article nine (9) of the act,” concerning cities and villages.

By a general ordinance of the village passed October 1, 1887, it was provided that all contracts (with an exception not necessary to notice here) for the making of any public improvements…