Illinois Compiled Statutes 60 ILCS 1 Township Code. Section 5-55

    (60 ILCS 1/5-55)

    Sec. 5-55. Duplicate township names. If the Secretary of State, on comparing the abstracts of the reports from the several counties, finds that any 2 or more townships are named alike, he shall so inform the clerk of the county which last adopted the name. The county board of that county shall, at its next meeting, adopt for the township some different name. When the name is adopted, the county clerk shall inform the Secretary of State as provided in Section 5-50.

(Source: P.A. 82-783; 88-62.)

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