Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 Schools: Article 15 - Common School Lands

• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-1
  Lands constituting. Section 16 in every township, the sections and parts of sections granted in lieu of all or part of such section, shall...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-2
  Place of transacting business. All the business of a township relating to common school lands shall be transacted in the county which contains all...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-3
  Leases-Pooling agreements-Railroad rights of way and depot grounds. The township land commissioners or trustees of schools in townships in which Section 16, or lands...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-4
  (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3739. Repealed by P.A. 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-5
  Penalty for trespass. Every trespasser upon common school lands is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined 3 times the amount of...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-6
  Disposition of penalties and fines. All penalties and fines collected under the provisions of Sections 15-4 and 15-5 shall be paid to the school...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-7
  Sale of common school lands - Petition - Referendum. When the inhabitants of any township desire the sale of the common school lands thereof...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-8
  Fractional townships united to adjacent township. Any fractional township not having the requisite number of inhabitants to petition for the sale of school lands,...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-9
  Notice to trustees-Subdivision of land-Plat, roads, streets and alleys. When the petition and affidavits are delivered to the county superintendent, and the requisite number...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-10
  Value fixed-Certification of plat-Plat and certificate to govern. After the school lands have been subdivided and platted, the trustees of schools or township land...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-11
  Notice of sale. Upon receipt of the plat and certificate of valuation the county superintendent shall advertise the sale of such land in lots,...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-12
  Conduct of sale. Upon the day of sale, the county superintendent shall make sales by beginning at the lowest numbered lot and proceeding regularly...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-13
  Payment of purchase price. At the close of each day's sale the purchasers shall pay or secure the payment of the purchase money. In...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-14
  Unsold lands subject to sale thereafter. All lands not sold at public sale, as herein provided for, shall be subject to sale at any...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-15
  Valuation of unsold land. Where common school lands have been valued under Section 15-10 and have remained unsold for 2 years after having been...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-16
  Certificate of purchase. Upon the completion of every sale the county superintendent shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate of purchase including the name...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-17
  Patents. Every purchaser of common school lands shall be entitled to a patent from the State, conveying and assuring the title. Patents shall be...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-18
  Copies of lost certificates or patents. Purchasers of common school lands, and their heirs or assigns, may obtain certified copies or certificates of purchase...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-19
  Dedication of streets and highways. The trustees of schools or township land commissioners may dedicate to public use for street and highway purposes as...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-20
  Books to be kept. The county superintendent shall keep 3 books, to be known and designated by the letters A, B, and C. In...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-21
  Statements to be presented. At the regular meeting of the county board in each year the county superintendent shall present, first, a statement showing...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-22
  Record of report and statement. The county clerk shall record and preserve the report of the county superintendent made to the county board at...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-23
  Common school lands. The provisions of Sections 15-1 through 15-19, of this Article shall have no application to the sale of any of the...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-24
  Management of permanent funds. The common school lands and township loanable funds in Class I counties shall be managed and operated by township land...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-25
  Reports of treasurer. The treasurer of the township land commissioners shall with respect to the common school lands and township loanable fund held by...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-26
  Liquidation of permanent fund. Upon a petition signed by at least one hundred voters of any school township filed with the regional superintendent of...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-27
  Audit. In the month of July of each year and at such other times as they may think necessary the township land commissioners shall...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-28
  Township land commissioners successors to trustees of schools. The township land commissioners elected under the provisions of this Article shall be the successors to...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-29
  Bond. It shall be the duty of the township land commissioners to examine the bond of its treasurer and if found to be in...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-30
  Liability of township land commissioners. If the township land commissioners fail to observe the provisions of this Act in reference to the distribution of...
• Illinois School Code. - 105 ILCS 5, Section 15-31
  Disposition of funds upon liquidation of permanent funds. Any funds received as the result of the liquidation of the permanent funds belonging to any school...

Last modified: February 18, 2015