![]() ![]() The Land Clearance Commission was authorized to acquire title to all real property, within the project area by purchase, gift or condemnation. To be effective, such a particular designation was required to be approved by the State Housing Board and the governing body of the municipality. It authorized Land Clearance Commissions to investigate the extent and location of slum and blighted areas, and *604 to designate specific slum or blighted areas as redevelopment projects. In broad outline, the 1947 act provided for the establishment of Land Clearance Commissions in municipalities of more than 25,000 upon resolution of the governing body of the municipality, approved by the State Housing Board. The elimination of these areas and the construction of redevelopment projects financed by private capital was declared to be a public use essential to the public interest. 63 to 91,) was concerned with "slum and blighted areas" which were found to contribute to, and cause the spread of disease, crime, infant mortality and juvenile delinquency, and to necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures for crime prevention and punishment, fire and health protection and other public services, which constituted a drain upon public revenues and impaired the efficient functioning of municipalities and the State government. It is here upon appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Cook County which dismissed, after a trial, a quo warranto action brought upon the relation of the State's Attorney of Cook County against the Chicago Land Clearance Commission, the city of Chicago, and the State Housing Board.Īs originally enacted, the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947 (Ill. This case involves the validity of the 1949 amendments to the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947. ![]() JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court: RUSSELL SCOTT, and WILSON & McILVAINE, all of Chicago, (CLAY JUDSON, WILLIAM S. ELLIOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and JOHN J. WINGERSKY, IRVING LANG, and ALBERT ZEMEL, of counsel,) for appellant. *601 *602 JOHN GUTKNECHT, State's Attorney, of Chicago, (GORDON B. John Gutknecht, State's Attorney, Appellant, Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the catalogue of the University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections.THE PEOPLE ex rel. Organisations, Associations and Societiesīlock clubs, membership, housing, community developmentĬhicago Urban League (CUL) Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) Series 2: Programs Series, Subseries 4: Community Organization and Race Relations Subseries, Sub-Subseries 4.I: Community Organizing Covering the early 1960s to the early 1990s, Series 2, the Programs series, explores the way in which the Chicago Urban League administered a broad array of programs, from job training to healthcare, housing and women's programs. ![]() It documents the history, leadership, activities, social services provided by and the mission of the Chicago Urban League. This collection primarily contains materials generated or collected by the Chicago Urban League. University of Illinois at Chicago Library, Special Collections If you believe you should have access to this document, click here to Login.ĬULR-Series2, Sub-series 4.I., Box 234, Folder 2291 The full content of this document is only available to subscribing institutions. ![]()
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