2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 765 Property 765 ILCS 230/ Coast and Geodetic Survey Act.
(765 ILCS 230/0.01) (from Ch. 1, par. 3500)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Coast and Geodetic Survey Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)
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(765 ILCS 230/1) (from Ch. 1, par. 3501)
Sec. 1.
That any person employed under
and by virtue of an act of congress of the United States, approved the
tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seven, and of the
supplements thereto, for the survey of the coasts of the United States,
or under the direction of congress, to form a geodetic connection
between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and to furnish triangulation
points for state surveys, may enter upon lands within this state for the
purpose of exploring, triangulating, leveling, surveying, and of doing
any other act which may be necessary to carry out the object of said
laws, and may erect any works, stations, buildings, and appendages
requisite for that purpose, doing no unnecessary injury thereby.
(Source: Laws 1881, p. 154.)
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(765 ILCS 230/2) (from Ch. 1, par. 3502)
Sec. 2.
If the parties interested cannot agree upon the amount to be
paid for damages caused thereby, the United States of America may
proceed to condemn said land as provided for the
exercise of the right of eminent domain under Article VII of the Code
of Civil Procedure.
(Source: P.A. 82‑783.)
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(765 ILCS 230/3) (from Ch. 1, par. 3503)
Sec. 3.
If any person shall willfully deface, injure or remove any
signal, monument, building, or other property of the United States coast
and geodetic survey, constructed or used under or by virtue of the acts
of congress aforesaid, he shall forfeit a sum not exceeding $50 for each
offense, and shall be liable for damages sustained by the United States,
in a civil action in the circuit court.
(Source: P.A. 79‑1359.)
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