(520 ILCS 5/1.9) (from Ch. 61, par. 1.9)
Sec. 1.9.
The Department shall have the power and authority to select and
purchase or lease, receive by donation or acquire, in accordance with
the laws relating to eminent domain: (a) suitable lands for the
breeding, hatching, propagation and conservation of birds or
mammals, (b) lands or lands and waters, to be used as public hunting and
fishing grounds, or (c) lands or lands and waters to be used as wildlife
refuges.
(Source: P.A. 81-382.)
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