[34] In the case of _Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co._ v. _People_, 212 Ill. 103, 116, the Supreme Court quotes with approval the following language from the American and English Encyclopædia of Law: “The police power is to be clearly distinguished from the right of eminent domain; and the distinction lies in this: that in the exercise of the latter right, private property is taken for public use and the owner is invariably entitled to compensation therefor, while the police power is usually exerted merely to regulate the use and enjoyment of property by the owner, or, if he is deprived of his property outright, it is not taken for public use, but rather destroyed in order to promote the general welfare of the public, and in neither case is the owner entitled to any compensation for any injury which he may sustain in consequence thereof, for the law considers that either the injury is _damnum absque injuria_ or the owner is sufficiently compensated by sharing in the general benefits resulting from the exercise of the police power.” This decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court of the United States, 200 U. S. 561. [35] Hurd’s Statutes of Illinois, edition of 1908, p. 1532. [36] Hurd’s Statutes of Illinois, edition of 1908, p. 1546. [37] Hurd’s Statutes of Illinois, edition of 1908, p. 1574-5. [38] Acts of 1893, chap. 407. [39] Hurd’s Statutes of Illinois, edition of 1908, p. 1129. [40] See _Russell_ v. _High School Board_, 212 Ill., 327. [41] House bill No. 350, introduced in the Illinois legislature, March 23, 1909, provides (Art. IV, Sec. 9) that “the city shall have power to acquire, by dedication, gift, purchase, or condemnation, lands or easements inside or outside of the city limits, for park purposes, and for ways connecting parks with the city or with each other.” [42] Constitution of Illinois, Art. IV, Sec. 34. [43] Hurd’s Statutes of Illinois, edition of 1908, p. 316. [44] Hurd’s Statutes of Illinois, edition of 1908, p. 336. [45] _Shoemaker_ v. _United States_, 147 U. S. 282; _Dunham_ v. _People_, 96 Ill. 331; _People_ v. _Brislin_, 80 Ill. 423. [46] Hurd’s Statutes of Illinois, edition of 1908, p. 421. [47] House bill No. 350, Illinois, 1909, already mentioned, which contemplates the merger of the park boards in the city government, provides (Art. IV, Sec. 19) as follows: “The provision of the statutes governing the making of local improvements in the city shall be as nearly as possible applied to the proceedings for the taking of lands and the meeting of the expenses in connection with such improvements, except that the board of park commissioners shall act in place of the board of local improvements.” [48] Hurd’s Statutes of Illinois, edition of 1908, p. 321. [49] _Kreigh_ v. _Chicago_, 86 Ill. 407. [50] _Harder’s Storage Co._ v. _Chicago_, 235 Ill. 58. [51] _Cicero Lumber Co._ v. _Cicero_, 176 Ill. 9; _Brodbine_ v. _Revere_, 182 Mass. 598. [52] _People_ v. _Walsh_, 96 Ill. 232.