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majority of the land or lots within the proposed district according to frontage on the streets dedicated to public use shall have the right to file their objection in writing to the formation of such district or to the regulations or restrictions proposed therein. Such written objection may consist of one sheet or of a number of sheets bound together, with the signatures of such owners, the location of the property and the amount of frontage owned by each stated thereon after each name, and the same may be filed with the commission, board or committee designated as the proper authority to conduct such proceedings. Upon the filing of such objection, if it shall appear that the owners of such a majority according to frontage are opposed to the formation or creation of such district as is proposed, or to the regulations or restrictions proposed for any such district, all proceedings for same shall be discontinued, and no ordinance for the creation or formation of such district in such territory shall be passed, and no new proceedings for the formation or creation of such district within the said territory shall be begun within one year after the filing of such objection: Provided, that if said objection shall state that it is directed only against certain of the proposed regulations and restrictions, specifying same, new proceedings as herein provided for may be begun at any time for the purpose of creating such district after changing or modifying the proposed regulations and restrictions.

4. The regulations imposed and the districts created under the authority of this Act may be amended, supplemented or changed from time to time by ordinance after the ordinance establishing same has gone into effect, but no such change shall be made without notice and public hearing in the same manner as when such district is first created, and in case of written protest against a proposed amendment, supplement or change, signed by the owners of twenty per cent of the frontage proposed to be altered, or by the owners of twenty per cent of the frontage immediately adjoining or across an alley therefrom, or by the owners of twenty per cent of the frontage directly opposite the frontage proposed to be altered, filed with the said commission, board or committee so designated, such amendment shall not be passed except by the favorable vote of two-thirds of the members of the city council in cities, or of the members of the board of trustees in villages: Provided, that it shall always be within the power of the owners of a majority of the lands and lots according to frontage within a proposed addition to such district to prevent such addition by filing objection thereto as herein provided.

5. Upon the passage of an ordinance under the authority of this Act a certified copy of the same, together with a plat of the territory affected certified to by the mayor of the city, or president of the board of trustees of the village, as the case may be, shall be filed for record in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the said territory is located, and no such ordinance shall take effect until the same is so recorded.

APPROVED June 28, 1919.

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(SENATE BILL NO. 66. APPROVED JUNE 21, 1919.)

AN ACT to amend section 2 of Article IV and sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: Section 2 of Article IV and sections 1 and 2 of Article VI of an Act entitled, "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages", approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended, are amended to read as follows:

§ 2. (Article IV) At the general election held in 1921, and biennially thereafter, a mayor, a city clerk and a city treasurer shall be elected in each city: Provided, that no person shall be elected to the office of city treasurer for two terms in succession.

§ 1. (Article VI) There shall be elected in all cities organized under this Act the following officers, viz.; a mayor, a city council, a city clerk and a city treasurer.

§ 2. (Article VI) After the expiration of the present term of office of the city attorney in every city organized under this Act, the city attorney in every such city shall be appointed by the mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the city council.

The city council may, in its discretion, from time to time, by ordinance passed by a vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen elected, provide for the election by the legal voters of the city, or the appointment by the mayor, with the approval of the city council, of a city collector, a city marshal, a city superintendent of streets, a corporation counsel, a city comptroller, or any or either of them, and such other officers as may by said council be deemed necessary or expedient. The city council may, by a like vote, by ordinance or resolution, to take effect at the end of the then fiscal year, discontinue any office so created, and devolve the duties thereof on any other city officer; and no officer filling any such office so discontinued, shall have any claim against the city on account of his salary, after such discontinuance. The city marshal shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed by the city council for the preservation of the public peace, and the observance and enforcement of the ordinances and laws; he shall possess the power and authority of a constable at common law, and under the statutes of this State.

APPROVED June 21, 1919.

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AN ACT to authorize towns having a population of fewer than 5,000 inhabitants to establish, erect and maintain community buildings.

§ 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois. represented in the General Assembly: Subject to the provisions of this Act, any town may levy an annual tax of not to exceed three mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of taxable property therein, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining community buildings. Such tax shall be levied and collected in the same manner as other general taxes.

§ 2. Upon the filing with the town clerk of any town a petition containing the names of not less than fifty legal voters of such town praying that the tax herein authorized be levied, the question of levying such tax shall be submitted to the voters of such town at a special election to be called for that purpose, not less than thirty, nor more than sixty days after the filing of such petition: Provided, that the question of levying such tax shall be submitted at a regular town election if such election is to be held not less than twenty, nor more than ninety days after the filing of the petition, and provided further, that such question shall not be submitted in any town in which there is a population of over five thousand inhabitants according to the latest Federal census.

3. If a majority of those voting on the question of levying a tax for the establishment, erection and maintenance of a community building shall vote in favor thereof, an annual tax of not to exceed three mills on each dollar of the assessed valuation of the taxable property shall be levied and collected for that purpose.

§ 4. The establishment or erection of a community building and the maintenance thereof shall be under the supervision of a board of managers. The board of managers shall consist of three persons, residents of the town, who shall be elected at the regular town election for a term of three years. The board of managers shall serve without compensation. The first board of managers shall be elected at a special election called for that purpose after the ratification of the question of levying the tax hereby authorized, one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, to be determined by lot. Thereafter, one person shall be annually elected to the board of managers at the regular town election, for a term of three years.

§ 5. The board of managers shall have power to lease a building, or buildings, for the establishment of a community building, or to select a site and cause the erection of a building for that purpose, and

may exercise any and all other powers necessarily incidental in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. The town treasurer shall pay out moneys derived from the tax hereby authorized only on the order of a majority of the board of managers.

§ 6. If the board of managers shall deem it necessary to issue bonds for the purpose of obtaining sufficient funds to establish a community building, it shall cause the question of issuing such bonds to be submitted to a vote of the people of the town, at an election to be called for that purpose. Notices of such election shall be posted in at least five of the most public places in such town, for at least ten days prior the date fixed for holding such election. Such notices shall state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, the date of maturity, and the rate of interest to be paid thereon.

The ballots for use in such election shall be in substantially the following form:

For bond issue of....

. dollars, payable in

. years with interest at the rate of...... cent per annum for community building purposes.

.per

Against bond issue of.....

..dollars, payable in.

..per

. years with interest at the rate of.. cent per annum for community building purposes.

Such bonds shall mature on or before twenty years from the date thereof and bear interest at the rate not to exceed five per cent per annum, payable annually or semi-annually as the board of managers may determine. If the interest is to be paid semi-annually, that fact shall be stated in the notices of election and on the ballots. Such bonds shall be sold at not less than par. From the proceeds of the annual tax levy authorized by this Act, the board of managers shall provide a sinking fund for the retirement of such bonds, and such bonds shall be payable only out of such proceeds.

$7. The community building of any town may be dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of such town and bronze tablets or other memorials in honor of such soldiers and sailors may be placed therein by the board of managers.

$8. Subject to the reasonable rules and regulations of the board. of managers, the community building shall be for the free use and benefit of the inhabitants of such town for lectures, concerts, free amusements and entertainments, and all other general educational purposes. The annual town meetings and other public assemblies may be held therein. The board of managers shall have power to lease, temporarily, the community building when not in use for public purposes, for any reasonable and legitimate private use on such terms as may be deemed reasonable and proper. Private lessees of a community building may charge admission fees. All money received from tem

porary rentals shall be turned over to the town treasurer and shall be used only for the maintenance of the community building.

§ 9. The board of managers shall make a full and complete annual report of all its actions to the town board of auditors.

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AN ACT to amend an Act entitled: "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended, by adding three sections to Article XI thereof, to be known as sections 8a, 8b and Sc.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly: An Act entitled: "An Act to provide for the incorporation of cities and villages," approved April 10, 1872, in force July 1, 1872, as amended, is amended by adding three sections to Article XI thereof, to be known as sections Sa, 8b and 8c to read as follows:

§ Sa. The board of trustees in any village having a population of 25,000 or more which adopts in the manner prescribed in sections 8b and 8c of this Article, the provisions of this amendatory Act, shall by ordinance divide such village into six compact and contiguous districts of approximately equal population.

The board shall thereafter in like manner re-district such village so that the districts shall be of approximately equal population whenever the same may become necessary.

Each of the districts shall thereafter be represented by one trustee who shall have been an actual resident of such district for at least six months prior to his election, but each trustee shall be elected by the qualified electors of the entire village.

At the next annual election of trustees, three shall be elected who shall have resided for the period specified, one in each of three districts in such village. At the second annual election three shall be elected, one from each of the three remaining districts. The ordinance providing for the districting of the village shall also designate the three districts from which the trustees shall be elected at the first annual election of trustees.

§ 8b. Upon presentation, not later than thirty days before any regular election in any village having a population of 25,000 or more, to the clerk of the board of trustees of a petition signed by not less than five per cent of the legal voters of that village and praying that the question of districting such village and electing trustees, one from each district, be submitted to the voters of the village, this question shall be submitted at the next regular election in such village.

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