The Amendatory Act of 1949 amended the title and several sections of the 1947 act. The act provided that the State Housing Board and the governing bodies of municipalities might make grants of funds to Land Clearance Commissions in aid of redevelopment projects.Ī "slum and blighted area" was defined in the 1947 act as "any area * * * where buildings or improvements, by reason of dilapidation, obsolescence, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light and sanitary facilities, excessive land coverage, deleterious land use or layout or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to the public safety, health, morals, or welfare." Ill. Such sales were also required to be approved by the State Housing Board and the governing body of the municipality. After acquisition of the land, the Commission was to clear the site and then to sell the land, at its use value, to a purchaser or purchasers whose plans for development of the property had been approved. 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,
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