Instead, the task of safeguarding the nine justices falls to the Supreme Court Police, a 125-person force that's also charged with securing the court building and grounds. Though the court has long had security guards, a separate police department wasn't formally created by Congress until 1949.
History of Waukegan Park District The Park District traces its origin to December 26, 1916, when the people of Waukegan authorized the creation of the Park District in a local referendum. The Park District marked its first official act on January 8, 1917, when the first five Park Commissioners met to organize the District and elect officers.
The township of Niles formed in 1850; by 1884 the town, centered at Milwaukee, Waukegan, and Touhy Avenues, consisted of two stores, two hotels, one drugstore, three churches, three cemeteries, two schools, and one doctor's office. In 1899, at the time of the village's incorporation, population was 500.