People ex rel. South Park Commissioners v. Williams

This is an application by the South Park Commissioners, for a mandamus to compel the judge of the Circuit Court of Cook county to appoint three freeholders of that county as park assessors, agreeably to the provisions of sec. 7 of the act of the general assembly, of February 24, 1869, entitled “An act to provide for the location and maintenance of a park for the towns of South Chicago, Hyde Park and Lake.”

The 7th section of the act to' which reference is made, is as follows:

“As soon as the amount required for the condemnation of the grounds selected for said park shall have been ascertained…