(70 ILCS 3710/5) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 217)
Sec. 5.
The trustee shall exercise all of the powers and control all the
affairs and property of such district. The board of trustees, immediately
after their appointment and at their first meeting in May of each year
thereafter, shall elect one of their number as president and one of their
number as secretary. The board shall prescribe the duties and fix the
compensation of all of the officers and employees of the water service
district: Provided that a member of the board of trustees shall in no case
receive a sum to exceed $50.00 per annum. The board of trustees shall have
full power to sell water to individuals or to municipalities or public
utilities operating water distribution systems either within or without the
water service district, and to pass all necessary ordinances, rules and
regulations for the proper management and conduct of the business of the
water service district for carrying into effect the objects for which the
district was formed.
(Source: Laws 1957, p. 1597.)
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