(805 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 32, par. 368)
    Sec. 1. That any company which has been or shall be incorporated under the general law of this State for the purpose of building, operating and maintaining within this State any levee, canal or tunnel for agricultural, mining or sanitary purposes shall state in its article of incorporation the places from and to which it is intended to construct its proposed levees, canals or tunnels.
(Source: Laws 1897, p. 208.)