(615 ILCS 10/7.14) (from Ch. 19, par. 85.14)
    Sec. 7.14. To obtain, subject to the provisions of the "Personnel Code", approved July 18, 1955, as heretofore or hereafter amended, as many engineers, draftsmen, surveyors, agents, clerks, superintending or expert help, laborers and other persons as may be necessary to the designing and construction of the waterway and its appurtenances.
(Source: Laws 1961, p. 3529.)