70 ILCS 2905/2-7
To acquire by purchase, condemnation or otherwise, any and all real and personal property, rights of way and privileges, either within or without its corporate limits, required for its corporate purposes; or to sell, lease or convey any real or personal property, rights of way and privileges.
(from Ch. 42, par. 502-7)
(Source: P.A. 83-1422.)