Illinois Code § 70 ILCS 615/5

Such corporate authorities may acquire by purchase, gift,
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condemnation or otherwise all the real and personal property, rights of way
and easements within or without the district necessary for the construction
and maintenance of the works hereby authorized, and shall have the same
control and jurisdiction of the property without as of that within the
district. They shall have the right to construct the cut-off herein
authorized, across, under, over, along, or upon any water course, street,
highway, public ground, railroad or turnpike which the route of the same
may intersect or touch; but shall not interrupt the use thereof longer nor
to a greater extent than shall be necessary for the purpose.

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