(65 ILCS 5/7-2-1) (from Ch. 24, par. 7-2-1)
Sec. 7-2-1. Any 2 or more incorporated contiguous municipalities wholly or substantially situated in a single county may be united into one incorporated city by a compliance with Sections 7-1-16 and 7-1-17, with the following exceptions:
(1) The petition (a) shall be signed by electors of each of the municipalities seeking a union, (b) shall state the name by which the united municipality is to be known, and (c) shall state the form of municipal government under which the united municipality is to be governed.
(2) The question shall be in substantially the following form: --------------------------------------------------------------
Shall
the
city,
village,
orincorporated
town
(as
thecase
may
be)
of............and
the
city,
village,
orincorporated
town
(as
the
case
YESmay
be)
of...........,
(andin
this
manner
as
far
asnecessary,
filling
blanks
withthe
names
of
the
municipalitiesto
be
united),
be
united
---------------------------into
a
single
municipalityunder
the
name
of..........with
the...........
form
ofmunicipal
government
(fillingthe
blank
with
the
word
NO"Aldermanic"
or
"Commission"or
the
words
"Managerial
WithAldermen
Chosen
From
Wards
OrDistricts"
as
the
case
may
be)?--------------------------------------------------------------
No other proposition shall appear thereon.
If the majority of the votes cast in each municipality specified in the petition is in favor of the proposition, the municipalities are united.
(Source: P.A. 87-278.)
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