(65 ILCS 5/9-2-44) (from Ch. 24, par. 9-2-44)
    Sec. 9-2-44. Upon the filing of such a petition, either the superintendent of special assessments, in municipalities where that officer is provided for by law or some competent person appointed by the president of the board of local improvements in municipalities where the office of such superintendent does not exist, shall make a true and impartial assessment of the cost of the specified improvement upon the petitioning municipality and the property benefited by the improvement.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 576.)