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ted groupr to this dspartment ooi- a* Court hats soionera~ Court hava thr smp10g aomo parson of their 01911 ahoosing ut of araflqbls publia PunUa nori OJI hand aaa,. whoes dut.9 it will to lnduae, ,. orgdnlte and sduaate lan4ownrra whoae t8 the road?flght-of-rage to thr end that a and. other obnoxious reed8 will not prop- ttln8 land,*, rhioh &rassest it f&lowed to remain, will the County rtiaduays thereby rslnfsat eirorts the Com- a large extent, defeating missloneers~ Court 18 making lo eliminating Johnson grass along ltr roadwayaP

Wountlea, being aomponant parts oi the Stats, have ao power8 .or dutier exarpt thors whlah are alearly r8t rorth

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and dafltied in the Constitution end statutes. Ths statutes hare alearly defined the powers, presaribsd the dutf68, and lmpoaed tha liabllltlea oi the Coamlsalonera*~ Uouita, msdlum through whloh the dlrrtmant acuntlsa aat, rrom those statutes must acme all the authority tested ln the aountlda. ,I

‘@The grants of powor to such governmental agenaisa as aountlss, townships And aahool dlatrlota, ara gen- erally nora 8trlatIy aonatrued than are those to in- oorporatsd munlolpalltlsa. Tha Commlsaionera~ Court ia not tasted with an genrral polZoe power. . .” Vol. 11, *. J., 563, par. 3 . % -

*&oamissionera~ Courts ers aourte of limited jurls- - . diotion, ia that their authority extends oxiay to mat- tars psrtairiing to tho general aelrare or their re- - apeatlre oountias md that thalr powers are only those

expressly or impllsdlf oonferred upon’ them by law, & la, by the Constitution and statutes of the Stat&-~ , Vol. 11, 9. J., 564~565, par. 37.

Alao, the authority of .Comleslonera’ or any aounty to make contraota in Its bshalr, la atrlotily relr or U&tad to that aonterred slthar exprezaly.or neaaaaary implloatlon by the Conatltution and laws or this (Cit. App.) 280 S. iY; 289, and State. Sea Roper 1, Hall, authorities thsreln oited on p. 291, ilrat oolumn.

aXmplisd powers are quah au are naoraaary aarfy Into those whioh are expressly granted, errsot and whloh anat thererors presumed to hale been within ‘the lnteatlon of the leglalatitr grant. City of Uadlson ~8. Daley, 58 F. 751, 755."' Vol. 20, :Torda-and Phrases, pa 250.

*The lmplled ot a aounty are only those powers whloh are neosssary to enable It to axeraieei either lta inherent or expressed powers. In re: Board ot Commiasionsrs Cook County, 177 N. 3, 1013, 1014, !‘:ords 0nd Phrases, p. 252. 146 RIM. 103.” Vol. 20, *~Impllsd porer%tf a8 or Board of County Com- mltmlonbra, oannot exist until orsation or express power trom Miloh it may spring, strength mast .-.,-Its be suttloient to wlthstcmd all atteoka:. of doubt. . . .

Et&e ex rel. Bell t.Board ot Codra. or Beaage'.:Oountg S. D. 30ON. I,:. 832,83b." Vol. 20, kiorda and Phrases, 1944 Cua. Pooketi Parts. n*flfl AJ

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