...purpose of forming a drainage district, to be known as the "Spring Creek Drainage District," under "An act to provide for the construction, reparation...drainage districts,'' approved and in force May 29, 1879, and the amendments thereto, said district to he formed out of lands lying wholly in Will county, and...

...court of Union county praying for the organization of the Preston Drainage-Levee District under the act to provide for the construction, reparation and...across the lands of others for agricultural, sanitary or mining purposes and to provide for the organization of drainage districts, (Laws of 1879, p. 1 20,)...

...Drainage District, was organized in the county court of Hancock county in 1879 under the act providing for the construction, reparation and protection of...levees across the lands of others for agricultural and sanitary purposes. The district embraces 15,600 acres of land in that county. Appellant, W. Cole,...

...plants and other works of said district, in accordance with the provisions of the said act entitled, 'An act to provide for the construction, reparation...protection of drains, ditches and levees across the land of others for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to provide for the organization...

...an order of the county court of Cass county on the second of September, 1903, under an act entitled "An act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees," etc., approved May 29, 1879, and the amendments thereto. The petition further averred that in accordance...

...defeated without the invalid provisions. The main purpose of the legislature in enacting this statute was to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains, ditches and levees and for the organization of drainage districts. This is a public purpose, and the fact that the provisions...

...clerk inform the Senate thereof, and ask their concurrence therein. House Bill No. 857, a bill for "An act to provide for the construction, reparation and protection of drains and ditches across the lands of others, for agricultural, sanitary and mining purposes, and to proride...

...That all drainage districts organized under the provisions of an act of the General Assembly, entitled "An act to provide for the construction, reparation...drainage districts," approved and in force, May 29, 1879, for the repair and maintenance of any levee or levees constructed under any law of the State of Illinois,...

...122. "Subsequently the legislature of Illinois passed an act which took effect May 29, 1879, entitled B"@ v " W2 TF o ( ءС \R ۵ PS 1 Starr. & C. Anno. Stat. (111.) p. 919. ''Some of the defendants in the present case made efforts...

...Banlwell, for appellee. SCHOLFIELD, J. Inlet drainage district was organized pursuant to the provisions of "An act to provide for the construction, reparation,...of others, for agricultural, sanitary, and mining purpones, and to provide for the organization of drainage districts." Approved and in force May 29,...