(70 ILCS 2605/27) (from Ch. 42, par. 349)
Sec. 27.
If any channel is constructed under Section 23 of this Act,
the trustees of such district shall, when such channel is completed, and
before any water or sewage is admitted therein, duly notify, in writing,
the Governor of this State of such fact. The Governor shall, upon
receipt of notice, appoint 3 discreet persons as commissioners, one of
whom shall be a resident of the City of Joliet or between said city and
the City of LaSalle, one a resident of the City of LaSalle or between
said city and the City of Peoria, and one a resident of the City of
Peoria or between said city and the mouth of the Illinois River, to
inspect the work. The commissioners shall, within 10 days after such
appointment, meet at the City of Chicago, appoint a competent civil
engineer and employ other assistance as they consider necessary to
perform their duties. The commissioners shall take as their datum line
for the survey the datum established by the Illinois and Michigan Canal
Trustees in 1847, and shall make such examination and surveys of Chicago
River and of the channel or channels authorized by this Act to determine
whether the channel is of the character and capacity required by this
Act. On finding that the work complies with Section 23 of this Act, the
commissioners shall so certify to the Governor, who shall thereupon
authorize the water and sewage to be let into the channel. But in case
the commissioners shall find said channel is not constructed in
accordance with this Act, they shall file in the circuit court in their
name as commissioners, a complaint against the corporation, which
complaint shall describe how the work is deficient and how it fails to
comply with this Act. On receipt of the complaint, the court shall issue
an injunction without bond against the defendant, enjoining it from
admitting water or sewage into the channel until the final order of the
court. In case the court, upon hearing, determines that the channel is
not constructed in accordance with this Act, the injunction shall
continue until this Act is fully complied with.
The commissioners and engineer shall receive for their services $10 per
day each, and their reasonable expenses and outlays for the
time by them necessarily employed in the discharge of their duties. Such
compensation shall be paid to them from the State Treasury. The sanitary
district shall reimburse the State for all expenses and disbursements on
account of the commission.
If any channel is constructed under this Act which shall discharge
the sewage of a population of more than 300,000 into or through any
river beyond or without the limits of the district constructing it, the
channel shall be constructed in accordance with Section 23 of this Act,
and if any such channel receives its supply of water from any river or
channel connected with Lake Michigan it is considered as receiving its
supply of water from Lake Michigan.
(Source: P.A. 81-1509.)
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