(70 ILCS 605/4-7) (from Ch. 42, par. 4-7)
Sec. 4-7.
Appointment of commissioners in districts organized under Levee
Act and certain other districts.
In all districts which, at the time this Act goes into effect, were
operating and existing under the provisions of the Levee Act, or under
the provisions of any other act repealed by this Act except the Farm
Drainage Act, the commissioners thereof shall hereafter be appointed in
the same manner and with like qualifications as though the districts had
been originally organized under this Act unless the landowners have elected
to change from the appointment to the election of commissioners in the
manner provided in Section 4-8. The commissioners in office at the time
this Act goes into effect shall continue as commissioners of the district
under this Act until the expiration of their terms of office and until
their successors are selected and shall have qualified as provided in this
Act. Commissioners appointed under this section shall, within 20 days after
their appointment, qualify by subscribing to an oath of office and giving
bond, in the manner provided in Section 4-4.
(Source: P.A. 86-297.)
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