[86] _Heyward_ v. _New York_, 7 N. Y. 314; _Rexford_ v. _Knight_, 11 N. Y. 308; _Malone_ v. _Toledo_, 34 Ohio, 541. [87] _Meyer_ v. _Teutopolis_, 131 Ill. 552; _People_ v. _Wieboldt_, 233 Ill. 572; _Wisconsin River Improvement Co._ v. _Pier_, 118 N. W. Rep. 857. [88] House Bill No. 350, Illinois, 1909, already mentioned, contains the following provisions, the legality of which is based upon the conclusions above stated. Art. IV, Sec. 10. “The city council, on recommendation of the board of park commissioners, shall have power to extend the park system of the City of Chicago, both within and outside of the city limits, by adding to or otherwise enlarging any parks, and by opening and establishing new parks, and by extinguishing or acquiring such title to, or such easements and rights in or over, any lands abutting on or in the vicinity of any existing or projected park as may be necessary or appropriate to control the surroundings of such park so as to increase the advantage thereof to the public, or secure to the public the full benefit, use and enjoyment thereof. For any such purpose the city may extinguish easements or rights in land, and may acquire lands and easements and rights in or over land, by gift, devise, dedication, purchase or condemnation, and may in its discretion, take under the power of eminent domain or otherwise the title in fee simple absolute to any land which the city is authorized to acquire, or in or over which it is authorized to acquire easements and rights as aforesaid, and such title shall not terminate or be defeated by cessation or abandonment of the use for which it was acquired. The declaration of the city council that any such lands or easements or rights in or over land are necessary or appropriate for any such purpose shall constitute sufficient prima facie evidence of such necessity or appropriateness. The city council may vacate streets and alleys within the limits of or adjacent to any lands acquired for the purpose of this section.”